CLOSE SHAVE FOR MOTHER, DAUGHTER AS ELEPHANT FALLS ON CAR

A teacher named W.S. Wickramasinghe of Vimukthi Mawatha, Anuradhapura and her three-year-old daughter miraculously escaped with minor injuries when an elephant crossing the road fell on the car she was driving as it struck the elephant unexpectedly near the Moragoda reserve on the Padeniya-Anuradhapura road around 5.30 am yesterday. The teacher attached to the Galnewa MMV who is seven months pregnant and her daughter were admitted to the Thalawa hospital, the Thalawa Police said.

Pictures by Anuradhapura Central Special Corr.