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Two elephants run over by speeding train in Odisha
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The Odisha Forest department blamed the Indian Railways for the mishap. | Photo Credit:
The Hindu
Two elephants were run over by a speeding goods train in Odisha’s Sundargarh district in the early hours of Thursday.
The incident took place close to Mahipani near Bisra in the district when a goods train hit two elephants that were separated from their herd.
This is the third train accident leading to the death of elephants in Odisha in the past three months.
The Odisha Forest department blamed the Indian Railways for the mishap. According sources in the Forest Department, the Railway Division was warned about the presence of a 15-member elephant herd in the Mahipani area two days ago.