At least 18 people were injured during a parade on Sept. 7 for the Esala Perahera festival in Sri Lanka after an elephant taking part charged through the streets and trampled members of the crowd.
Footage of the festival showed the moment when an ornately dressed elephant in the streets of Kotte, near Colombo, became unnerved by a crowd of people behind it and suddenly charged forward, causing the crowd to disperse and flee from its path in terror.
