She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

A Spanish woman was gored to death by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand on Friday, according to local police.

Bathing elephants is a popular activity among tourists in Thailand, but activists have criticised it as unethical A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish woman while she was bathing the animal at an elephant centre in Thailand,

A Spanish student tragically died after being attacked by an elephant during a bathing session at a Thai elephant tourism centre.