The man had been driving a water tanker when
he stopped to take a photograph with the animal.
The wild elephant attacked the man and killed
him, Parsa Wildlife Reserve officials said.
The wild elephant was part of a herd moving
from the western to the eastern part of the
reserve, an annual movement during the
monsoon.
A herd of 21 jumbos made the movement on
Tuesday. The elephants disrupted traffic on the
highway that passes through the forest for
several hours.
There are 65 elephants in the Parsa Wildlife
Reserve and around 170 total wild elephants in
the country. About the same number are kept as
working elephants at tourist resorts and
government-run breeding centres.
Deaths from elephant attacks are not uncommon
in southern Nepal's buffer zones near forest
areas.
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