Two wild elephants killed, one injured hit by trains

Two elephants were killed and another elephant was critically injured in two separate train accidents reported from Palugaswewa and Kekirawa during the weekend.

Two wild elephants collided with a night mail train travelling from Colombo to Kankesanthurai on Saturday night in Kekirawa.

One of the elephants was killed in the accident while the other elephant was critically injured. Meanwhile in another accident reported from Palugaswewa, an elephant was reported killed after being knocked down with the ‘Meenagaya’ train en route to Batticaloa from Colombo.the collision had occurred early yesterday. According to the Railway Control Room, the particular train had derailed due to the accident that occurred in Palugaswewa area. As a result, the train services had been confined to only one railway track while the services was limited to the Kekirawa area.