GUWAHATI: A Rajdhani Express coming from Dibrugarh mowed down an elephant and a calf in a jumbo corridor at Mariani in Assam’s Jorhat district on Sunday night when they were crossing the railway tracks. Another elephant was injured in the accident, which occurred near Kharikatia railway station. This has taken the death toll of elephants hit by trains in the North Frontier Railway (NFR) zone to five so far this year.
Forest officials said the female elephant who was run over was 22-years-old, while the calf was about 10 months old. Efforts are being made to save the elephant whose legs have been severely injured, they added.
