A Sri Lankan express train has fatally struck an elephant despite new safety measures introduced after the same train killed 7 elephants in a previous crash.

A Sri Lankan express train has fatally struck an elephant despite new safety measures introduced after the same train killed 7 elephants in a previous crash.

An express train in Sri Lanka killed an elephant and derailed on Tuesday, marking the country's worst wildlife railway accident in three months.

Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six elephants.

With a view to cater to both local and foreign tourists the first ‘Calypso tourist train’ implemented by Sri Lanka Railways commenced its inaugural journey from the Nanu Oya Railway Station to the ...

A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said Thursday.

At least six elephants were killed in Sri Lanka after an express train got derailed after ramming into a herd near a wildlife reserve in the early hours of Thursday. The Batticaloa- Colombo ...

A passenger train has hit a herd of elephants near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals. Four babies and two adults died near Minneriya, about 124 miles from the capital ...

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday (Feb 20) after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident ...