A 16-year-old female elephant was electrocuted when it toppled a power transmission pole at Nallagandlapalli village in Chittoor district in the early hours of Sunday, a forest official said.
The incident took place around 4 am, the official said, adding that the elephant died when live wires fell on it.
“The elephant was part of a herd,” Chittoor District Forest Officer (DFO) Chaitanya Kumar Reddy told PTI. “It died between 3 am and 4 am when it dislodged the power transmission pole, resulting in electric wires falling on it.”
