Several elephants killed in train collision as impact causes multiple coaches to derail

A high-speed rider bid plowed into a herd of elephants successful northeastern India aboriginal Saturday, sidesplitting 7 elephants and injuring a calf.

The Rajdhani Express, which was carrying astir 650 passengers, was traveling done Assam erstwhile its operator spotted astir 100 chaotic Asiatic elephants crossing the tracks and applied the exigency brakes. 

Despite the effort, the bid collided with respective of the endangered animals, The Associated Press reported.

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Passengers connected a bid look astatine the carcass of an Asiatic chaotic elephant being removed from a railway way aft a speeding bid deed a herd of chaotic elephants successful Changjurai village, eastbound of Guwahati, India, connected Saturday.  (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

The interaction caused the motor and 5 coaches to derail. 

None of the train's passengers, who were traveling from Sairang successful Mizoram authorities to New Delhi, were harmed successful the incident, AP reported.

"We delinked the coaches which were not derailed, and the bid resumed its travel for New Delhi," Indian Railways spokesperson Kapinjal Kishore Sharma told AP. "Around 200 passengers who were successful the 5 derailed coaches person been moved to Guwahati successful a antithetic train."

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Railway staff, workers, and constabulary are contiguous arsenic they reconstruct bid work aft a herd was struck by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express successful Hojai District, Assam, Saturday.  (Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Veterinarians aboriginal conducted autopsies connected the elephants. 

They were scheduled to beryllium buried aboriginal successful the time connected Saturday, according to AP.

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FILE PHOTO: A herd of chaotic elephants gathers adjacent a tract successful hunt of nutrient astatine a colony successful Nagaon district, Assam, India, connected November 21, 2025.  (Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Assam is location to an estimated 7,000 chaotic Asiatic elephants, and train-related deaths person been an ongoing issue. 

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At slightest a twelve elephants person been killed connected railway tracks successful the authorities since 2020, AP reported.

Asiatic elephants are considered endangered, and determination are presently lone an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 near successful the wild, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.