Three persons, including a minor boy, lost their lives in elephants’ attack at separate places in the State on Friday.
A seven-year-old boy was crushed to death by an elephant at Dhobadanda village in Sundargarh district while he was going to a nearby forest with his mother and brother, both of whom sustained injuries in the jumbo attack and were hospitalised.
An elderly person of Basantpur village under the Chhendipada police limits in Angul district was trampled to death by a wild elephant while he was on his way to a nearby field to attend nature’s call.
In another incident, a villager of Gunduriguda under Ambadala police limits in Rayagada district died in an attack by a wild pachyderm.