A man riding his two-wheeler crashed upon noticing an elephant up close
on a rural road in Sri Lanka on May 14.

A video of the scene shows the scooter rider panicking as soon as an elephant approaches the Buttala - Kataragama Road that winds through Yala National Park, while fog envelops the area.

The man loses control and crashed off his vehicle onto the roadside after passing the elephant, named Raja, which stood to one side swinging its trunk and glancing at the man.

However, the man was able to stand back on his feet and took a look at his vehicle and the damage he caused before moving on. Fortunately the elephant was not interested in the man, and appeared only to be searching for food.

A man riding his two-wheeler fell from it upon noticing an elephant up close in SriLanka's Buttala - Kataragama Road that winds through Yala National Park, spread across the Southern and Uva provinces on May 14.

A video features the two-wheeler-borne local panicking as soon as an elephant approaches the road while fog envelops the area. Following this, the person collapses from his vehicle onto the roadside after a close encounter with the mammal while the jumbo swings its trunk and glances at the man.

Panic gripped the local as he was caught off guard by the elephant named Raja approaching the road in search of subsistence. However, the man gained the strength to stand back on his feet and took a look at his vehicle and the damage he caused. Moreover, the jumbo did not attack him as he was in a quest to obtain food in the region after appearing out of the forest cover.