Statesman News Service
September 19, 2007
KEONJHAR, Sept. 19: A speeding goods train hit two female elephants, killing them on the spot and injuring a calf. The incident happened when the herd was crossing the track at Bansapani near Joda yesterday. Sources said that a herd of elephants were crossing the railway line at Bansapani under the Joda police station limit, when a goods train coming from Jurudi hit the herd.
While two elephants died on the spot, the calf was injured. The rest entered the nearby forests.
The DFO Mr Pradeep Karat who visited the spot today said: “It was the first mishap of this nature in the district.As the railway facility is relatively new in the area and the entire track passes through forests, the forest personnel have to take extra precautions to protect wild animals.
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