A passenger train has hit a herd of elephants at a railway crossing in eastern India, killing five. Source: AAP
A PASSENGER train killed five elephants when it ploughed into a herd crossing railway tracks in eastern India.
R.N. Mohapatra, a railway spokesman, says the train struck the animals early on Sunday in the Rambha forest area, about 180km south of Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state.
J.D. Sharma, chief conservator of the state's wildlife department, accused the railway authorities of ignoring his department's warning that trains should slow down because a herd of elephants was moving in the area.
Mohapatra said the warning came too late.
Dozens of elephants have died in India in recent years after being struck while crossing railway tracks that often run through national parks and forests.
India's wild elephant population was recently estimated at about 26,000.
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