A British couple were trapped inside the vehicle, which was repeatedly flipped over, at the Kruger National Park in South Africa.
A passenger in a car following the couple through the park filmed the incident.
Sarah Brooks, a teacher from Lincolnshire, is thought to have been discharged from hospital after being stabbed in the leg by the elephant’s tusk.
The attack, which happened on the 30 December last tear, is rare and according to the manager of the national park, William Mabasa, the couple did everything they could to stop the elephant attacking.
"As they were driving behind the elephant, probably also taking a video of the elephant in front of them, the elephant apparently decided to turn around,” he explained.
"Unfortunately they switched off the engine - because if you minimise noise an elephant would not attack you - [but] unfortunately the elephant attacked."