Monday, December 31, 2012

Five elephants killed after being hit by train while crossing railway tracks in India

A passenger train has ploughed into and killed five elephants of a herd crossing railway tracks in eastern India. RN Mohapatra, a railway spokesman, says the train struck the animals early Sunday in the Rambha forest area, about 100 miles south of Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state. JD Sharma, chief conservator of the state's wildlife department, accused the Railway authorities of ignoring his department's warning that trains should slow down because a herd of elephants was moving in the area.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255121/Five-elephants-killed-hit-train-crossing-railroad-tracks-India.html

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