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This is the moment terrified eco-students were forced to run for their lives after a six-ton sex-crazed bull elephant charged their jeep while on a tour in South Africa.
Trainee guides were being driven through Selati Game Reserve on the edge of the Kruger National Park in South Africa on Sunday when they were charged by a bull elephant in 'musth' - a state of sexual aggression that occurs during mating season.
Video captured the moment their open-topped car was being driven down a narrow dirt road when the bull charged out of the undergrowth, trumpeting and pawing the ground before smashing into the side of the vehicle and lifting it off the road.
More footage captured from the car behind by EcoTraining guides reveals how the car was turned sideways by 13ft elephant - sending three female students running for their lives.
Trainee safari guides were on a tour of the Selati Game Reserve in South Africa when their vehicle was charged by a bull elephant in a state of sexual aggression known as 'musth'
The six-ton male elephant pierced the vehicle with his tusks before lifting it up and shunting it off the road (left), easily tearing through the metal bodywork (right)
Images taken of the vehicle after the attack shows how the elephant's tusks had punched through the metal bodywork and shredded it with ease, crumpling the side of the vehicle and leaving the front passenger seat bent and broken.
The terrified trainees were taken back to the safari lodge where they were given counselling for the shock, but were otherwise unharmed.
Staff had to abandon the vehicle and only went back to retrieve it later after the elephant herd had
