Mother, child trampled to death by elephant

TEZPUR (Assam): Two members of a family, including a child, were killed and another seriously injured when they were attacked by wild elephants at Chariduar reserve forest in Assam last night, forest officials said.

The herd of pachyderms trampled to death the mother and her two-year old son and wounded the father when they were sleeping at home, near the Nameri wildlife sanctuary, they said.

The injured man is being treated at a hospital where his condition is reported to be serious, officials said.