NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials say a charging elephant has killed an American woman and the baby daughter she held in her arms while the family was on a nature hike in Kenya.

Kenya Wildlife Service official Michael Kipkeu said Sharon Brown, 39, was holding her 1-year-old daughter when the two were trampled by the elephant Monday.

Melia van Laar, owner of the Castle Forest Lodge, where the family was vacationing, says the family was walking with a guide about a mile from the lodge when an elephant emerged from the bush at full speed.

Van Laar says the group tried to run away but Brown was not able to.

The father of the family is a teacher in Nairobi. Friends and colleagues held funeral services Wednesday.