This illustrates a really dumb driver.

Really? If you're properly briefed abour African Elephants than maybe you'd have cut and run in either direction.

OTOH you've only ever seen them before in the zoo (i've got pictures of my kids, pre teens, petting the elephants at Whipsnade) or the Indian species seen on telly as working beasts. You imagine them as gentle giants and behave, as the driver of car did, like you would for a bull highland cow on a road in the highlands or a pony in the New Forest.

Suddenly it turns on you.

I thought it was an English tourist in the car ... so presumably a hired car - it will be interesting to know how this matter is resolved. Lucily the passenger was not more seriously injured - still was gored in the leg.