WATCH: Elephant charges onto safari vehicle, shatters windshield

In a video now gone viral on social media, an angry elephant can be seen charging onto a safari vehicle and breaking its windshield in Karnataka's Bandipur forest area.

Bengaluru: In a nightmarish experience for the passengers on a safari vehicle in Karnataka's Bandipur forest, an angry elephant charged onto the van, shattering the windshield.

In the video which has now gone viral on social media, an agitated elephant can be seen storming towards a safari vehicle, reportedly belonging to the 'Jungle Lodges and Resorts'.

The windshield is shattered as the driver moves the vehicle backwards. Another man is seen trying to scare the elephant away, following which the pachyderm leaves from the spot.

The shattered windshield

According to reports, the driver initially did not back off even as the elephant was moving towards the vehicle.

However, man-animal encounters are not new to the region, with many such instances being reported from Bandipur.

Earlier in June, a bus travelling from Karnataka's Chamarajanagar to Calicut in Kerala was attacked by an elephant when their bus entered the Bandipur Forest area.