Sri Lanka, June 24 -- Two wild elephants were hit by the Meenagaya express inter-city train on the Northern Railway at Palugaswewa.

One elephant had died on the spot but there is no information about the other wild elephant that was hit.

The Railway Control room said that as a result, the train which was due to leave Colombo-Fort for Batticaloa at 7 last night was more than one and a half hours late.

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