There are all sorts of elephant accidents (this not so much) when you search on Google. They back into a wall, step on a person and don’t notice, etc. This one - sorry they killed it. It was a spunky one.
I didn’t see where they killed the elephant.
Lots of accidents in china shops.
Not wise to beat an animal that weighs thousands of pounds. I don’t think it was an “accident”. Bad Mahoot—Poor trainer got what he deserved. Elephants are loyal like a dog to their masters—just don’t abuse them—they will take revenge. I grew up around elephants and saw two “accidents” both to bad trainers who shouldn’t be handling animals. Same animals with a good trainer were great workers and performers who would protect and take care of their trainers.