'The lion lunged at the car and bit the lady through the window': Staff at South African safari park reveal horrific moment US woman, 22, was dragged to her death after leaving her car window open

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The tourist and her companion, thought to be a South African tour guide, were taking a 'routine' drive through the 20-acre compound with about a dozen big cats near Johannesburg. Gauteng Lion Park employee Scott Simpson, 28, told MailOnline that a lioness came up close to the open window and lunged through. Paramedics who rushed to the scene were unable to save her.