Four elephants were killed when they were hit by a fuel tanker train coming from Kolonnawa to Batticaloa on Tuesday morning in north central Sri Lanka.
Railways department officials said that the train had collided with a herd of elephants crossing the Colombo-Gal Oya railway line near the 127 mile post in Puwakpitiya, Habarana at around 4 am today (18).
The collision has derailed the train engine and the damage to the railway tracks has forced the railways department to cease the Batticaloa-Trincomalee train service.
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