Train Plows Into Elephant Herd in India, Killing 5 Animals<br />Many accidents tend to involve one or two animals, though in late 2013, five elephants were killed by<br />a train in the Indian state of West Bengal, another area where such collisions happen frequently.<br />Earlier in the day, the Forestry Department had sent several urgent notifications to railway operators<br />that a large elephant herd was moving through the Habaipur area, about 250 kilometers north of Silchar, near India’s border with Bangladesh.<br />Wildlife experts say that India has the largest number of train accidents involving elephants in the world, with hundreds killed in the past 20 years.<br />12, 2018<br />NEW DELHI — The night train to Silchar was moving fast — too fast, the authorities say.<br />When the train driver finally saw the elephants, he pulled the emergency brake, railway officials said, but it was too late.<br />Indian forestry officials said the warnings had been ignored for a simple reason: The train was running 10 minutes late.
