Terrified families feared they would die as rampaging rhinos smashed up cars during safari park causing £1000s in damage

FIGHTING rhinos left two families fearing they would die as the beasts smashed their cars at a safari park. The pair of 1.5 ton animals caused £12,000 damage to the motors. Fighting rhinos left two families fearing they would die at West Midlands Safari Park Credit: SWNS Zoe Farmer with her damaged motor Credit: SWNS Charlotte Baker’s BMW Series 3 was left with a horn imprint by the white rhinos at West Midlands Safari Park after she went through the enclosure with her husband and 18-month-old child. Charlotte, 24, of Tipton, West Mids, said: “Two rhinos started to fight and smashed into the back of our car, lunging us forward. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! “I was crying and my baby was screaming, it was terrifying.” Her husband had to have hospital treatment later for back pain. READ MORE ON ANIMAL ATTACKS Zoe Farmer, 53, was with her husband and grandson sitting in a line of traffic in her Dacia Sandero when she heard what sounded like a “massive car crash” as the raging rhinos smashed into Charlotte’s motor. Zoe said: “The next thing, one just charges at the front of our car. They carried on fighting. “The car was swaying and I thought we were going to die. I thought it was going to tip over.” Zoe, of Accrington, Lancs, claimed they got no help for 15 minutes and had to drive on in their battered car. Most read in The Sun Both families were offered free tickets to return, which the women called “an insult”. The park said of the August 9 incident: “Our rangers acted swiftly and appropriately.” It said guests are warned that they’re entering an environment where animals are free-roaming and do so at their own risk. But it is contacting the families and “compensation will be discussed”. Comment now