Circus investigates elephant crush

A circus worker is fighting for his life in a Cork hospital after being crushed by Baby, the runaway elephant.

Spanish national Justino Munez suffered severe internal injuries when the 2.5-ton animal accidentally crushed him as he was cleaning the elephant pen at Courtney Brothers Circus in Blackpool, Cork, on Saturday night.

The circus’s owners have suggested that the elephant’s food may have been tampered with, and are conducting their own investigations.