A 44-year-old Zimbabwean man has died after an elephant fell on top of his car in Victoria falls.

In the second fatal accident involving elephants in less than a month in Zimbabwe, John Obester Banana and driver Benard Munapo were trapped inside the car after Munapo drove into a herd and hit one elephant along Park Way near the resort town.

The elephant fell on the car and Banana later died as a result of his injuries.

The two were on their way back from a cruise on the Zambezi River, the state-run Chronicle reports.

Senior police officer Jairos Chiwona told the paper that Munapo was employed at a lodge in the town.

The incident occurred last Thursday evening.

The two men were rescued by other motorists and rushed to Victoria Falls hospital, but Banana died on Friday morning.