Madikeri: Three elephants attacked a biker in Kurchi village near Srimangala on Tuesday. Fortunately, the biker Alletira Viju Machaiah (60) and the pillion rider escaped unhurt.
Alletira Viju was on his way to the estate on his bike along with labourer Pushpa Raj around 8.15am when the wild elephants that stood in the middle of the road confronted the two.
According to Viju, when he turned the bike at a crossroad, three wild elephants were standing right in the middle of the road. While two elephants ran into the estate, one female elephant came charging towards them and they left the bike and ran for their life.
After the riders left the bike at the spot and escaped, the elephants trampled the bike, damaging it badly.
Srimangala RFO Veerendra said that the forest staff have chased the three wild elephants from the estate to the forest area.