Train Plows Into Elephant Herd in India, Killing 5 Animals
Many accidents tend to involve one or two animals, though in late 2013, five elephants were killed by
a train in the Indian state of West Bengal, another area where such collisions happen frequently.
Earlier in the day, the Forestry Department had sent several urgent notifications to railway operators
that a large elephant herd was moving through the Habaipur area, about 250 kilometers north of Silchar, near India’s border with Bangladesh.
Wildlife experts say that India has the largest number of train accidents involving elephants in the world, with hundreds killed in the past 20 years.
12, 2018
NEW DELHI — The night train to Silchar was moving fast — too fast, the authorities say.
When the train driver finally saw the elephants, he pulled the emergency brake, railway officials said, but it was too late.
Indian forestry officials said the warnings had been ignored for a simple reason: The train was running 10 minutes late.