Train hits five elephants, two dead
28-02-2010 Press Trust of India, India
Guwahati, Feb 28 (PTI)
A goods train knocked down a herd of five elephants crossing the track on the outskirts of the city, killing two of them and injuring three others, including a calf, today.
Assam state zoo director Narayan Mahanta said the herd was crossing the track along the Deepor beel to drink water when they were hit by the train around 12.15 pm.
Last year, one elephant had died at the same area.
Two female pachyderms died on the spot. Three others, including a calf, were seriously injured and they were brought to the state zoo for treatment.
The adjacent forest along the Deepor beel has a good number of elephants which come down the hill for drinking water from the freshwater beel, he said.
(Bron: http://www.ptinews.com/)(Bron foto's: http://www.demotix.com/news/262559/elephant-killed-rail-deepor-beel-wildlife-sanctuary)
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