The elephant was fatally knocked down by a container near Kuppam

Tirupati: An elephant was fatally knocked down by a container on Krishna Giri-Sulagiri national highway on AP-TN border near Kuppam on Saturday. Traffic was disrupted for some time after the mishap with the vehicles were stranded on the high way for a kilometre stretch. Forest and police officials who reached the spot cleared the traffic jam after removing the dead elephant from on the road.