64-year-old American tourist dies in Zambia after being trampled by elephant

A tourist from the United States was killed by an elephant in Zambia this week, the second fatal elephant attack on an American visitor to the country this year.

Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, was dragged from her car by an elephant in the Zambian town of Livingstone on Wednesday, June 19, the Associated Press, BBC and Forbes reported, citing local authorities and Zambian broadcaster ZNBC.

The New Mexico woman, who was with a group near the city’s Maramba Cultural Bridge, was “pushed out of a parked vehicle that had stopped due to traffic caused by elephants around the Maramba Cultural Bridge,” Southern Province Police Chief Auxensio Daka told ZNBC.

According to AP, Tourneau was then trampled by one of the elephants in the herd that was observing the group. She died at 5:50 p.m. local time.

The tourist’s death came just two months after another elephant attacked a safari group in the country’s Kafue National Park – resulting in the death of an 80-year-old American woman.

As confirmed by hospitality and conservation company Wilderness, the vehicles of the elderly woman and five other people were attacked by an “aggressive” bull elephant at around 9:30 a.m. local time on March 30. The group was on a photography tour at the time, The Telegraphand they had stayed overnight at the Lufupa Tented Camp.

Footage of the attack shows the elephant running after the vehicle and attacking after it stops. The animal flips over the vehicle and a person can be heard screaming.

“This is a devastating incident for everyone involved and we are doing our best to support the family and everyone affected and respect their wishes for privacy,” a spokesperson previously told PEOPLE.

Keith Vincent, CEO of Wilderness, said in a statement at the time that the attack was a “tragic event” that occurred because the vehicle’s route was “blocked” by vegetation. The five other guests were injured.