Lion Kills Women in South Africa

Kathrine Chappell

In the Safari Desert, a United States citizen visiting Johannesburg, was hanging a little too far out of a the vehicle when she was attacked and killed by a lion. The twenty-nine year old, Kathrine Chappell from Rye, New York, was in a tour group vehicle when she rolled down the window to take a pictures. In a matter of seconds, a lion from hidden on the side, in the long grass, jumped up, ripped her from the window and mauled her. The tour operator rushed in the driver seat rushed to her assistance. He was unfortunately unsuccessful, and was hospitalized, but reports claim he will survive. Allegedly from the witnesses, the cars on the tour were violating rules of having the windows rolled all the way down. There are signs all over the park stating it, along with slips of the instructions handed out to the guests. Camp staff arrived a couple minutes after the incident along with an ambulance. They chased off the lion, recovered Chappell's body, and rushed the tour operator to the hospital.

Some of the warning signs hung up
outside of the tour areas.