February 20, 2025
The train derails in Sri Lanka after breaking into elephants
Elephants walk throughout Pinnawala Elephant or Pinnawala at Pinnawala on February 16th 2025. – AFP A Sri Lanka passenger train derailed on Thursday after breaking into a family of elephants, with no injured passengers, but six animals killed in the worst such accident in the island’s wildlife, police said. Express Train traveled close to a wildlife reserve in Habarana, about 180 kilometers east of the capital Colombo, when the flock crosses the line before dawn. “The train was derailed, but there were no casualties between passengers,” police said, adding that the authorities of the wild fauna were facing two elephants
