A 47-year-old tribal man, Vijayan, was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Wednesday morning near Chinnakkanal in Idukki (a highland district in the southern Indian state of Kerala), while he was returning home from a work shed. The animal, locally known as "Chakkakompan," charged at him around 6:30 a.m. after he attempted to flee upon spotting it. The attack is the fourth fatal elephant strike in the Devikulam forest range over the past four months, underscoring a sharply escalating human-wildlife conflict in the area.