The driver hit emergency brakes, but the elephants charged toward the oncoming train<\/p>\n
Train passengers use their mobile phones to take photographs of a dead elephant after it was hit by a train in Hojai district in the eastern state of Assam, India, December 20, 2025. Reuters <\/p>\n
A passenger train smashed into a herd of elephants in India\u2019s northeast, killing seven animals on the spot, officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n
No travellers were injured in the accident in Assam state, home to more than 4,000 of the roughly 22,000 wild elephants in India.<\/p>\n
Senior Assam police official V.V. Rakesh Reddy told\u00a0AFP<\/em>\u00a0that seven jumbos were killed, and one elephant sustained an injury.<\/p>\n Five coaches of the train, which was headed to New Delhi from remote Mizoram state, were derailed.<\/p>\n Authorities have introduced speed restrictions along routes designated elephant corridors, but the latest accident occurred outside of these zones, Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, an Indian Railways spokesman said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe loco pilot, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, elephants dashed with the train,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Deforestation and construction activity near their habitats force elephants to stray further afield for food, often bringing them into conflict with humans.<\/p>\n According to parliamentary figures, 629 people were killed by elephants across India in 2023-2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The driver hit emergency brakes, but the elephants charged toward the oncoming train Train passengers use their mobile phones to take photographs of a dead elephant after it was hit by a train in Hojai district in the eastern state of Assam, India, December 20, 2025. 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