A person was killed and another injured in an elephant’s attack at Sunathar village under Purushottampur block in Ganjam district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Prafulla Swain of the village. When Swain was going with his friends to take bath in a nearby pond of the village, a wild elephant suddenly came from the nearby forest area and chased them. Critically injured Swain and his friend were rushed to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here where Swain was declared dead. In another incident, in Koraput a herd of wild elephants strayed into the villages of the laxmipur area and damaged agricultural crops and thatched houses.