Three Chinese tourists rescued after elephant goes berserk in Chiang Mai
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Chiang Mai - A Chinese couple and their three-year-old son were stuck on the back of a male elephant for over three hours after it killed a mahout and went berserk.
The three tourists were rescued at 12:10 pm after another mahout, who used to raise Plai Somjai, rode a female elephant to calm its down and climbed to ride it back to the stand for tourists to mount and get down from elephants.
Witnesses said Plai Somjai became angry and shook its head widely after it spotted a mahout who allegedly used to hurt it. Surachai Daenphumpak, the mahout who was riding the elephant, fell down and was gored to death before the elephant ran freely along a river in Chiang Mai's Mae Wang district.
