Moment Brit vacationers rescued stranded vacationers surrounded by LIONS
This is the tense moment British tourists rescued a group of holidaymakers after their car broke down surrounded by lions at a safari park.
Richard Sandiland was visiting Kroger National Park, South Africa, earlier this month when a group of fellow travellers urgently informed him their car had broken down with a flat battery.
In the chilling clip, Richard, from Rowley Regis, West Midlands, can be seen using his car to block the hungry big cats as South African motorists use jump cables on the stranded vehicle.
One of the stuck travellers can even be heard fearing he might become one the the looming lions’ ‘supper’.
Richard said the enormous predators ‘could have been on us in seconds’ in a disturbing account of the incident.
Two groups of tourists worked together to jump start the stranded car
Richard Sandiland was visiting Kroger National Park, South Africa when he spotted the stuck holidaymakers
He said: ‘We were driving and saw a car off the dirt road. You’re not meant to go off the roads so we were a bit surprised.
‘I immediately thought it could be because of a sighting and sure enough, there were two lions not far away from the blue car, around 60ft.
‘We took some photos and then saw an arm out of the car window calling us over. He then told us his battery somehow was flat and could not get it started.
‘His window was barely working as the battery was flat and they were worried they might not get them up if the lions came over.
‘The driver then said he had jump leads but my mom said no way was anyone getting out with the lions close.
‘By this time, one of them had woken up and was definitely watching us. Fortunately five minutes down the road, we saw a larger car and flagged them down.
‘I guess that lion could have been on us in seconds and they are so huge close up.
‘Looking back I think it was a silly thing to do, but it could easily have flipped the other way.
‘But if we didn’t drive past, I’m not sure if the other car would have come the same route to pass the blue car so who knows how long they could be stuck there?’
Richard used his car to block the lions while another motorist jump-started the stranded vehicle
Richard explained his family’s reluctance to exit their car after spotting the nearest lion had woken up.
Thankfully, a local was nearby and took it upon himself to help.
Richard said: ‘He was South African… he said just block them away with our cars.
‘Anyways, he followed us back and he did get a little less confident, but he did pull up and to be honest, it was pretty quick to jump-start it.’
This comes just weeks after a woman was killed by a crazed bull elephant while on Safari in Zambia.
An eighty-year-old woman died in the attack while travelling with five other tourists on a game drive in the Kafue National Park in April.
The vehicle was attacked and rolled when the enraged five-ton animal, apparently separated from its herd, ran flat out to catch up with the vehicle thought to be travelling 25mph – before the driver abruptly stopped.
Video shows how a tourist says ‘oh my goodness’ as the elephant keeps pace with the car, as another says ‘oh oh’ and a third adds ‘it’s coming fast’ in the last desperate moments before collision.
The game ranger suddenly stops the vehicle before the elephant swings right and attacks the safari truck, prompting speculation from wide shots they had run out of road.
The driver calls out ‘hey hey hey hey hey’ loudly when he realises it is not a mock charge and the five ton elephant standing 10 foot tall is intent on a deadly attack.
