Jumbo roadblock: Family has harrowing encounter with wild elephants on East-West Highway


Screenshots from a viral video showing the herd of wild elephants surrounding the car.

PETALING JAYA: A family experienced a terrifying ordeal when they ran into a herd of wild elephants on the East-West Highway.

Nur Izzatie Zulkifli, 30, recalling the harrowing experience, said the car they were in was shaken "like a cradle," when the elephants surrounded their car on Saturday (Jan 18).

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