8 Elephants Killed After Being Hit by Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam
Guwahati: Eight elephants were killed and one was injured when the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express crashed into a herd in Assam’s Hojai district in the early hours of Saturday, a forest official said.
A spokesman for the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said that five coaches and the train’s engine derailed in the incident, but no injuries were reported to passengers.
The spokesman said that the train going to New Delhi had an accident at around 02.17. Nagaon district forest officer Suhash Kadam told PTI that the incident took place in Changjurai area of Hojai district.
Kadam and other forest officials reached the area. Trains scheduled to pass through the affected Jamunamukh-Kampur section have been diverted to the UP line and restoration work is on, the official added. Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express connects Mizoram’s Sairang (near Aizawl) to Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi).
