A lone bull elephant trampled a 55-year-old man to death in Namelok area of Loitokitok near the Amboseli National Park on Tuesday evening.
The victim was in the company of another younger man when the jumbo chased them and managed to trample the old man severally.
Kajiado South subcounty police commander Kiprop arap Ruto said the man was cornered and brought down some 200 metres into a thicket.
“The elephant broke all the ribs and limbs before the Kenya Wildlife Service rangers arrived to save him. When they arrived, the man was still breathing but on arrival at the Loitokitok Sub-County Hospital, he was pronounced dead,” Ruto said.
He added that the second man was found later in the night after walking out of the bushes adjacent to the Amboseli National Park.
"That area is infested with a lot of elephants. I'm warning our people in the Namelok area not to walk near lone elephants and other wild animals,” the police commander said.
Elsewhere in Kimana town at the Amboseli and Loitokitok road junction, a driver of a Probox car was hit by a wooden pole in the chest and died on the spot.
The police commander, Ruto, said the driver was heading to Kimana town while a Tuk Tuk that was carrying wooden polls was heading to Loitokitok when the accident happened Tuesday evening.
"The driver died on the spot when the pole pierced through his chest. The police will take action against the Tuk Tuk driver for carrying wood without placing a warning sign on the cargo as required by the law," the police commander said.
He said he had received several complaints in Kimana and Loitokitok that Tuk Tuk owners are overloading wooden poles and driving precariously without considering the welfare of other road users.
"We are going for them and return discipline on our roads. We cannot afford to lose lives because of a few elements out to break traffic rules,” Ruto said.
