ezpur (Assam), Dec 10 (PTI) Five elephants, including a pregnant one, were killed in the early hours today after a train hit a herd of seven tuskers at a tea garden in Sonitpur district, forest officials said.
The incident took place at Bamgaon Tea Estate in the Chariduar police station area near Balipara at 1.30 am, they said.
The herd was trying to cross railway tracks between the Rangapara and Dhalaibil stations when the Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express hit them, Chief Conservator of Forest (Northern Range) P Shiv Kumar told PTI.
Four female elephants, including a pregnant one, and a male jumbo were killed on the spot, he said.
The premature unborn calf came out from its mother’s belly due to the massive impact, Kumar said.
