Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on Feb 20, 2025, which killed six elephants. - AFP
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday (Feb 20) after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said.
The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180km (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, when it hit the herd crossing the line before dawn.
