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Assam
Source by :- Sky news Hub
20 December 2025, 9:46 PM
Indian high – speed train hits and kiils seven elephant
Since 2020, at least a dozen elephants have been killed by speeding trains across India’s Assam state.
The elephants were hit at 2:17am. Pic: Reuters
A high-speed train carrying 650 people has collided with and killed seven wild Asiatic elephants and injured a calf in northern India.
Five train coaches and the engine derailed following the impact, but there were no reported human casualties, Kishore Sharma, Indian Railways spokesman said.
Local authorities say the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in India’s northeastern state of Assam.
Although the train driver spotted the hundred-strong herd crossing the track and used the train’s emergency brakes, some of the elephants were still hit.
Veterinarians carried out autopsies on the dead elephants which will be buried later in the day.
The train was carrying 650 people when it collided with elephants from the herd. Pic: Reuters
The Rajdhani Express train had been traveling from Mizoram state, which borders Myanmar, to the national capital of New Delhi.
The accident site is a forested area in Assam. Railway tracks in the state are often frequented by elephants, but Indian Railways said in a statement the accident location wasn’t a designated elephant corridor.
Despite the impact, passengers in the carriages which didn’t derail resumed their journey towards New Delhi.
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