AT LEAST one person has died with several others injured after a bus ploughed into a wandering elephant.
Officials are desperately trying to find the wounded animal after it managed to flee the scene of the horror crash.
A bus has crashed into an elephant in Uganda
Shocking pictures show the front of the bus was left mangled by the force of the wild elephant in Uganda
Shocking pictures show the front of the bus was left mangled by the force of the wild elephant in Uganda.
The tragic accident took place near Karuma, where a bus travelling from Gulu to Kampala.
Officials from the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) confirmed the cause of the fatal crash was a wandering elephant who stepped out in front of the bus.
Teams from UWA are now actively searching for the elephant to check on its condition and provide it with any help after the brutal smash.
A similar shocking crash involving a truck and an elephant took place last November.
The motorist ran over and killed the elephant as he sped through Karuma national park.
