The incident occurred Sunday night in Orange County. Troopers from the Middletown barracks responded to a roadway alongside a field near the Sanctuary for Animals in Westtown, where they found the wandering tusker.
She "was escorted back home by troopers and workers from the sanctuary," state police said.
The 44-year-old elephant was burned by Napalm as a baby in 1974 during the war.
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