Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Lion 'jumps into car and kills American woman' at South African nature park

The attack, which left another passenger injured, happened at a Lion Park outside Johannesburg, according to reports

Tom Brooks-Pollock
Tuesday 02 June 2015 07:44 EDT
Comments
An African lion.
An African lion. (Getty)

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

An American woman has been killed by a lion that jumped into a car and attacked her at a nature park in South Africa, according to reports.

The attack, at Lion Park outside Johannesburg, is said to have left another passenger of the car, a man, with serious injuries.

The pair may have been travelling in a car though the park with its windows open, according to the eNCA website.

The site quoted Scott Simpson, a manager at the lion park, as saying that the lion appears to have jumped into the car and bitten the woman. He added that the man was injured trying to protect the woman.

"Our staff working at the top of the camp tried to get the lion away from the car. Ambulances were called immediately but it was too late," Mr Simpson said.

Visitors to the park are told not to leave their windows open.

"We make it so clear.," Mr Simpson added. "We put signage up everywhere that people must keep their windows closed. We hand them a slip of paper when they enter the park, I really don’t understand why people think its okay to leave windows open."

The attack is the third at the park in the past four months.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in