Hunsur: The grand plans of Forest Department to train elephant Ranga in the next three years for Dasara received a major setback today as Ranga was knocked down by a speeding bus that was heading from Kerala to Bengaluru. The impact of the accident was such that Ranga’s spinal cord was broken and he was flung from the main road to a slope by the side of the road.
The incident occurred at around 2 am in the vicinity of Mathigodu Elephant Camp (under Nagarahole National Park) that is famous for giving many Dasara elephants including the earlier Howdah elephant Balarama, Abhimanyu and Drona.
