Soon , while the workers are gathering wood and building firepits around the tents , a lion attacks the camp in the middle of the day and while Patterson , Starling and Samuel are tracking the lion to one end of the camp as it feeds on a worker , another one surprises them when it jumps down from the roof of a building , surprising the men as it kills Sterling by slashing his throat and injuring Patterson , who attempts to kill them , but they both escape .
In The Ghost and the Darkness , a lion attack killed Sterling and injured Patterson .