Elderly woman trampled to death by wild elephant near Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: A 73-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pannimadai in Coimbatore district on Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been as identified as V Neelavathi of Pappanaickenpalayam.
Neelavathi was walking to a nearby temple. When she reached near an orchard, a lone tusker attacked her. She died on the spot.
Forest department officials sent the dead body to te Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem. The department arranged an immediate relief of Rs 50,000 to the victim's family.