Three elephants – mother and her two calves – died on the spot on Monday morning at Rajabhat Khawa in Alipurduar district of West Bengal following a collision with a goods train.
The state forest department sources said that the collision with the good train bound for
Siliguri happened on Monday morning as the three elephants were crossing the rail corridors at Rajabhat Khawa.
The Railways and state forest department officials quickly rushed to the spot and train services in the corridor were disrupted for quite some time after the accident.