Two adult elephants crushed to death by train in India
A passenger train hit and killed two wild elephants in northeastern India’s Assam state, authorities said on Wednesday.
The two adult elephants were walking on the railway track when the train, on its way to the eastern tea-growing town of Dibrugarh from New Delhi, ran over them, killing them almost immediately, Assam wildlife ranger Dilip Kumar Das said.
The accident occurred late on Tuesday, he said. Authorities went to the site, surrounded by thick forests, on Wednesday and buried the bodies after carrying out an autopsy, Das said.
Wild elephants often stray into human habitations this time of year, when rice fields are ready for harvesting, he added.
Speeding trains have hit dozens of wild elephants in Assam in the past, forcing Indian Railways, which runs the trains, to regulate speed in known elephant zones.
A woman pays tribute to a dead elephant that was hit by a train while crossing a railway track in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, Dec. 1, 2021.
Villagers gather near the dead elephant that was hit by a train while crossing a railway track in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, Dec. 1, 2021.
Two elephants were killed after being hit by a train in Morigaon, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said.
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