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Elephants loose on motorway in Murcia, Spain

April 03, 2018 0

a crane lifts injured elephants from the motorway in Pozo Cañada near Albacete in the Murcia region in the south-east of Spain on 2 April 2018Image copyrightAYUNTAMIENTO DE POZO CAÑADA
Image captionThe injured elephants had to be lifted by a crane from the motorway.
Five elephants forced the closure of a motorway in south-eastern Spain after escaping from a crashed vehicle.
One of the elephants died from injuries that it sustained, while two others were hurt, local police say.
The injured animals had to be lifted by a crane from the carriageway.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in the town of Pozo Cañada near Albacete in the Murcia region. The driver of the truck involved in the crash was not injured.
The vehicle is believed to be a circus lorry.
The director of the government department responsible for Spain's road transport network, Gregorio Serrano, posted a video of the elephant evacuation to social media.
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Local police in the Albacete released photos showing three of the five elephants milling around in the lanes of the motorway after the accident.
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The Pozo Cañada council posted a video of the four surviving elephants in a compound on Sunday evening.
It said (in Spanish) that they are being looked after by the local authority until they can be transferred.

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