Wild elephants in Thailand stumbled upon a feast when they found a tapioca delivery truck with a flat tire, officials said on Monday.
The driver, Somkuan Sirisat, said he had gone for help to repair the tire on Sunday night — and when he returned, he found five or six elephants surrounding his truck and devouring its contents.
”I was too afraid to go toward the truck,” Somkuan told television station ITV.
Army rangers were sent to the scene, said one of their officers.
A police officer and the ranger said the elephants found their windfall in the Ta Takiab district of Chachoengsao province, 90km east of Bangkok.
ITV showed the elephants milling around the truck, one of them holding in its trunk a tarp it had apparently removed from the truck.
The elephants left the scene after eating their fill.
The footage showed signs in the area warning drivers to ”beware of wild elephants foraging on the road at night”. — Sapa-AP