Tame elephant kills mahout's son at camp

A 27-year-old man was trampledtodeath by a tame elephant in a camp near Top Slip in thedistrict Thursday, police said

Ayyappan, son of mahout Karuppasamy, was taking thekumki elephant Durga for its morning food and let it graze atKozhikamudi camp, some 60 km from here, the police said

Durga suddenly turned towards Ayyappan and attacked him,resulting in his death at the spot, they said.