An elephant charged toward a tuk-tuk carrying tourists in Galoya, Sri Lanka.

Footage recorded by tour guide Sanjaya Madushan Wickamasiri shows the jumbo running towards the vehicle before diverting at the last moment.

Wickamasiri said he was transporting a group of tourists from Habarana to Trincomalee.

this is happen during tuk-tuk driving experience for touristat habarana trincomalee road sri lanka. so this is most elephant accident road of wild elephants. because many elephants are on the road. while drive on thr road elephant came to us to attack to the tuk-tuk. the elephant came so close to tuk-tuk and run back to the jungle. i was behind the seat and filmed it

this is happened galoya, habarana road
location 8.075191515796142, 80.78217987961973

My name is sanjaya madushan wickamasiri, age 31
occupation: tour guide
where you are from: habarana
and what you were doing there: we do tuk tuk ride expiriance for tourists. So we do tuk tuk ride from habarana to trincomalee.