A herd of elephants trampled the girl to death
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2 wildebeests that entered Somalapur Kashipura and Jakali villages of Channagiri taluk of Davangere district attacked four villagers and a herd of elephants trampled to death a boy in Jakali village of Channagiri taluka.
A 16-year-old girl named Kavana died after being attacked by an elephant. Kavita's mother Manjammar was picked up by an elephant and thrown away. It is said that Manjamma's neck was lost due to the blow of the elephant.
The remaining three people sustained serious injuries. Manjamma (43), Baba Nayka (55) and Lakshmibai (40) were injured. The injured are from Kashipura Tanda village. He has been admitted to Davangere District Hospital. The postmortem examination of the dead girl has been done at the Davangere district hospital.
