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U.S. citizen confirmed killed by lioness in S. Africa

Xinhua, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. Embassy in South Africa confirmed on Tuesday that a U.S. citizen was killed at the Lion Park in Johannesburg.

"W can confirm that a U.S. citizen was killed at the Lion Park in Johannesburg yesterday," the embassy tweeted.

The U.S. citizen, a woman, was killed by a lioness while she had ignored several signs and verbal warnings not to drive in the Lion Park with her car windows wide open.

"We had a gentleman and a lady driving with the windows wide open. The lion came through the passenger side window and attacked her," assistant operations manager Scott Simpson said.

Staff rushed to help after the attack and paramedics were called. The woman died while they were treating her.

The man who was driving sustained scratches trying to fight the lioness off. He was taken to hospital.

Simpson said there are more than 40 signs, both with pictures and text, warning visitors to keep their windows rolled up and stay in their cars.

Simpson said they had 200,000 visitors a year and this kind of thing rarely happened.

He said the lioness was removed to another enclosure which was not open to the public. Endi