Car hits escaped circus elephant

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PACKING HIS TRUNK: A US elephant is returned to the circus after escaping and being hit by a car.

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An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal - a really big one.

The US couple's SUV hit an elephant that escaped from a nearby circus and ran across a rural highway in Enid, about 160km north of Oklahoma City.

Police say the 29-year-old elephant had escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds.

The couple wasn't injured in the crash, but police say the elephant had a broken tusk and an injured leg.

Authorities say the elephant's tusk tore a hole in the SUV's sheet metal.

After the crash, the elephant was taken to a veterinary school for an examination.

Dr Dwight Olson says the elephant doesn't appear to have serious injuries

- AP