Police in Thailand have charged a mahout with negligence after an elephant under his care gored a Spanish tourist at a sanctuary last week. Theerayut Inthaphudkij, 38, is the caretaker of the female elephant, called Pgang Somboon, responsible for the fatal injury to the tourist, Phang Nga Tourism and Sports Office said.

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

Elephant tourism industry received criticism amid tourist’s death.As per BBC, Thai police have charged a mahout after an elephant under his care killed a Spanish tourist, Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, last week.