American Woman Fatally Mauled to Death by Lion in South Africa
The American tourist killed by a lion in South Africa had reportedly worked on Game of Thrones.
Variety reports the tourist who was mauled to death was Katherine Chappell, a visual effects editor who previously worked on Game of Thrones. She was 29.The lion leapt through an open car window and killed the woman, believed to be Chappell, at a privately-run game park just outside Johannesburg earlier this week.
"There was a car driving to the lion camp and the lion did come through the window and bite the lady," the park's operations manager Scott Simpson said on radio.
"The ambulance arrived quite soon, but the lady had passed away."
A second tourist, a man, suffered serious injuries while trying to save the her.
Chappell died of her wounds before paramedics arrived, according to Variety.
She had been on a volunteer mission to protect African wildlife.
Chappell had also worked on Ron Howard's Into the Heart of the Sea, which opens later this year.
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