Train runs over a group of elephants in India
Three elephants died on Friday night after being hit by a train in South-Eastern Railway’s Bankura-Howrah section in West Bengal, India, Hindustan Times informs.
According to the source, divisional forest officer told PTI two elephant calves and their mother were knocked down by the Kharagpur-Adra Passenger at around 7.30pm.
The train moved on but the jumbos’ mutilated carcasses spread across the tracks between Bisnupur in Bankura and Piyardoba in West Midnapore for over two hours disrupting train movement in the section.
The forest and rail personnel removed the carcasses from the tracks with the help of locals after which train movement was fully restored.