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Tea estate worker dies after elephant attack

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
Last Updated : Aug 22 2014 | 4:10 PM IST
A 40-year old woman worker, seriously injured in an attack by an elephant in a tea estate in neighbouring hilly Nilgiris District, died at a hospital here today.
Nagammal was trampled by the lone elephant in the estate in Kothagiri last evening and admitted to the government hospital here after being treated at a Mettupalayam hospital. She succumbed to her injuries in the wee hours today, police said.
She was plucking tea leaves along with other workers when the elephant ran towards them. While the others managed to run to safety, Nagammal was stranded in front of the pachyderm which lifted her with its trunk and trampled her.
The elephant ran into jungles as the workers raised an alarm.

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First Published: Aug 22 2014 | 4:10 PM IST

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