New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Five coaches of a Rajdhani trains got derailed after colliding with a herd of elephants on Saturday morning , officials said on the day. Eight elephants were killed as the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express hit the herd of the tuskers in Assam.

No human injury or deaths were reported after the five coaches of the Rajdhani train got derailed, a railway official said.

The incident happened in the Hojai district of Assam.

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