Credit: SWNS / Compass Media<br /><br /><br />An elephant on heat charged a safari jeep before crushing a tree chasing the vehicle down the road.<br /><br />Christiaan Swanepoel was leading a tour through Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, when they came across a giant animal in musth.<br /><br />Tense footage shows the 25-year-old guide carefully reversing away from the five-tonne elephant as it ran headfirst at his guests.