Four persons, including a minor girl, were trampled to death and two others injured by an elephant at Vellalore area in the outskirts of Coimbatore, India.

The 12-year-old girl was sleeping in the veranda of her house when the elephant, which strayed into human habitations some days ago from nearby forests, trampled her to death at around 3:30am on Friday, RIA Novosti news agency of Russia reported citing Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.

The pachyderm then moved away from the area and attacked and grievously injured three more persons, including two women.

They were rushed to hospital, but did not respond to treatment and passed away, police said.

The injured persons have been hospitalized.