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Assam: Speeding train kills 3 elephants, toll rises to 8 in a month

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People prepare to bury a female elephant and two foetuses, who according to the forest officials were killed after being hit by a train in the Hojai district of Assam. (Reuters File Photo)
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People prepare to bury a female elephant and two foetuses, who according to the forest officials were killed after being hit by a train in the Hojai district of Assam. (Reuters File Photo)
People prepare to bury a female elephant and two foetuses, who according to the forest officials were killed after being hit by a train in the Hojai district of Assam. (Reuters File Photo)

Three wild elephants, including a calf, were killed after they were hit by a speeding train engine in Nagaon district of central Assam early on Saturday morning.

The incident took place when the engine hit a herd of elephants crossing the railway tracks around 4:50am between Kampur and Jamunamukh stations located nearly 125km east of Guwahati.

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