This image provided by Matayah Utrayle-Shaylene Smith shows an escaped elephant crossing the road in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, April 17, 2024. The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping noontime traffic on the city's busiest street before before being loaded back into a trailer. (Matayah Utrayle-Shaylene Smith via AP)
April 17, 2024
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April 17, 2024 3:15 p.m.
A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday
Viola walked about half a block in the road before turning into the parking lot of a convenience store and casino, Melvin said.