Shocking scene: Police and railway personnel examining the derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka. — AFP
A passenger train derailed 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 east of the capital Colombo, when it hit the herd crossing the line before dawn yesterday.
