US EditionHigh-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India
The collision with a herd of about 100 elephants killed seven adults and injured a calf; no humans were harmed and train services were disrupted, officials said.
- At about 2.17 a.m., the Rajdhani Express collided with seven wild Asiatic elephants and injured one calf in the Jamunamukh–Kampur section under the Lumding Division, Assam.
- Forest officials say seasonal movement to harvest-time rice fields and suspected dense fog brought wild Asiatic elephants onto tracks; Indian Railways said the site was not a designated elephant corridor.
- The impact derailed the engine and five coaches, no passengers were injured among the 650 onboard, and around 200 passengers from the derailed coaches were moved to Guwahati.
- Rail services were disrupted on the Jamunamukh–Kampur section, accident relief trains and restoration teams coordinated with forest department and senior railway officials to clear debris, while trains were diverted via the UP line.
- Assam is home to an estimated 7,000 wild Asiatic elephants; since 2020, at least a dozen have been killed by trains despite fencing and wildlife detection systems.
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In India, eight elephants were killed instantly after being hit by a train. The tragedy occurred at night in the state of Assam, in the north-east of the country. The convoy struck a herd that was crossing the tracks in the middle of the forest. Under the violence of the shock, several cars derailed, but no passenger was injured. While wildlife collisions are common in the country, such a record is extremely rare.
In India, there was a tragic incident: a train crashed with an elephant herd. Five passenger wagons escaped. Several elephants were killed in the accident. A total of seven animals were killed in the accident, another elephant was injured, said a representative of the police in the Indian state of Assam, Rakesh Reddy, on Saturday. Although several train wagons escaped, none of the 600 passengers were injured. The train was on its way from the st…
7 elephants killed after high-speed train collides with massive herd crossing railroad tracks
GUWAHATI, India — Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India’s northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said. The train driver spotted the herd of about 100 elephants and used the emergency brakes, but the train still hit some of the animals, Indian Railways spokesman Kapinjal Kishore Sharma told The Associated Press. Fiv…
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sta.siA passenger train has crashed into a herd of elephants in northeastern India, killing seven and injuring one. The driver spotted the elephants but failed to stop the train in time.
A passenger train hit a bunch of elephants in northern India, killing seven animals on site, but without causing injury to passengers, local officials announced Saturday, inform AFP, according to Agerpres.
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