Insane?: American woman, 22, dragged Out of Her Car to Her Death By a Lion In Safari Pari, South Africa

A 22-year-old American woman was dragged to her death and another person seriously injured after being pulled through their car window by a lion in a safari park in South Africa.

The two tourists were reportedly travelling with their windows open when the lion got inside. This will make it the 3rd attack at the park in just four months after one woman was killed and her companion was injured as he tried to save the tragic tourist from the jaws of her attacker at Gauteng Lion Park near Johannesburg.

It's believed she had been trying to take pictures with the windows open when the lion attacked.

Police confirmed that she was 22 years old and an American citizen and it has been reported to the US Embassy.

The park's manager Scott Simpson said:

 'We don't know exactly what happened, we do know that there was a car driving to the lion camp and the lion did come through the window and it did bite the lady. Unfortunately the ambulance arrived quite soon but the lady has passed away.''

It is believed that the lion jumped through the window, bit the woman, and a man was injured trying to pull the lion off, although the park are still trying to piece together the exact sequence of events.

They have now identified the lion responsible for the attack and confirmed that they've put her in a separate enclosure but say there are no plans as yet to destroy the animal.