KOZHIKODE: An elephant died after hit by a goods lorry on the national highway. The elephant died after hit by the lorry in Karnataka's Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary. The accident happened Wednesday morning near the Moolahalla check post on the Kozhikode-Mysore National Highway. This area is in the Karnataka Forest, about fifteen kilometers from the Muthanga check post on Mysore route.

Traffic on the national highway was disrupted for hours as other elephants also stationed themselves near the carcass. The accident happened in a place where night travel is prohibited. Efforts are underway to shift the elephant's carcass.