This is the terrifying moment a wild elephant crushed a passing car after refusing to let it drive by on a mountain road.<br /><br />The jumbo noticed the grey Toyota approaching on a bend in Nakhon Rathashima, northeastern Thailand, last Tuesday (October 29) afternoon.<br /><br />The large bull stomped over to the vehicle and kneeled on the bonnet before walking behind and laying its huge body across the rear windscreen. <br /><br />Shocked driver Phassakorn Niltarach was left cowering behind the steering wheel while the beast smashed the glass and dented the bodywork and damaged the mirrors.<br /><br />The vehicle eventually managed to move forward after the ordeal, lasting more than a minute. <br /><br />The woman who recorded the video is heard saying "are you crazy?"<br />She then adds: ''You should have driven away earlier before the elephant had chance to do that."<br /><br />Speaking after, the woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: ''I was so shocked when the elephant walked to the car and I was even more surprised when the elephant tried to sit on that car.<br /><br />"It's lucky that the driver managed to get away safely. I want this to be an example because people should stay well away from the elephants. They might appear friendly but they could hurt you."<br /><br />Wildlife rangers in the Khao Yai National Park said that the elephant was a 35-year-old male named Deu. They warned drivers to take extra care when driving through the mountain roads, where elephants often roam. <br /><br />Park ranger Kanchit Sarinpawan said that elephants often venture out of the forest around October when the country's monsoon rainy season ends and the dry and cool period begins.<br /><br />The official reassured motorists that the elephant's behaviour was ''just his way of greeting tourists."
