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A passenger train plowed into a herd of elephants in eastern India, killing seven, including two calves, as they lumbered across the tracks in a forest, authorities said Thursday.
The crash was the worst of its kind in recent memory, said Hiten Burman, forestry minister in West Bengal. Ten other elephants were seriously injured and the death toll could rise, he said.
The train was travelling at 80 kilometres an hour through the Chapramari Forest when it struck the herd of 40 elephants crossing the tracks on Wednesday at dusk, Burman said.
Source: CTV News
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/train-i...rain-tracks-killing-7-1.1542907#ixzz2kdLQ87DW
The crash was the worst of its kind in recent memory, said Hiten Burman, forestry minister in West Bengal. Ten other elephants were seriously injured and the death toll could rise, he said.
The train was travelling at 80 kilometres an hour through the Chapramari Forest when it struck the herd of 40 elephants crossing the tracks on Wednesday at dusk, Burman said.
Source: CTV News
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/train-i...rain-tracks-killing-7-1.1542907#ixzz2kdLQ87DW
