Nov 6, 2009

You hit a what? It was too big for roadkill

It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant?

An Oklahoma couple sideswiped a wayward elephant on their way home from church.

The elephant escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds after being spooked causing a vehicle accident Wednesday night as it ran along the U.S. 81 bypass in Enid, Oklahoma.

The couple in the SUV were not injured.

The elephant suffered a broken tusk, a hurt leg and bumps, bruises and scratches and was taken to the vet school at Oklahoma State University after colliding with the SUV.

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