A WILDLIFE safari took a turn for the worst when a rhinoceros and her calf charged a car carrying a group of tourists.
Visitors at Jaldapara National Park in India watched on in horror as the animal charged the vehicle.
The jeep carrying the group toppled over after the rhino attacked, causing the driver to lose control.
The terrifying moment was filmed by groups in other vehicles behind the jeep that was attacked.
Visitors were seen excitedly snapping photos and videos while standing up in the vehicle, before the beast emerged from bushes.
Suddenly, the rhinoceros runs out from the vegetation and charges the vehicle as the driver attempts to reverse the car.
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As the jeep reverses, it goes over the ledge of the road and flips, seemingly crushing those standing up in the back.
The group in the toppled jeep suffered from minor injuries, with one woman suffering a fracture.
Tour guide Mithun Biswas said: "We are fortunate that the rhino didn’t attack us the second time when the car toppled. We were all in shock."
The scary incident has prompted many online to call for more safety regulations in safari parks.
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One user said: "Time that safaris are regulated. Tourism may be helping generate revenue for protection of wild life, but there have to be clear rules."
Another responded: "Bad bad driver. Can’t even reverse properly!"
According to the wildlife park's website, Jaldapara forms the second largest home for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros.
In 2019, a video of a rhinoceros attacking and flipping a zookeeper's car shocked audiences around the world.
The attack took place at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen in northern Germany, and saw the 30-year-old rhino, named Kusini, slamming his horn into the body of the car.
A staff member trapped inside the car throughout the incident, filmed by a visitor to the park, miraculously emerged having sustained only a few bruises.
At the start of the 20th century, 500,000 rhinos roamed the continents of Africa and Asia, but today very few survive outside national parks and reserves.
As well as poaching, habitat loss has been a major contributor to the decline in numbers.
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Ivory harvested from killed rhinos and elephants is used to manufacture expensive jewellery and ornaments as well as alternative and traditional medicines.
Many countries, including China, have introduced total bans on trade in ivory and ivory products, but a black market for the products worth millions of dollars a year still exists.
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