India, Jan. 5 -- On the cold, foggy night of December 20, eight elephants - three adults and five calves - were killed after colliding with the superfast Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in the Jamunamukh-Kampur section under the Lumding division in Assam. This includes a new born calf, delivered on the track from the impact of collision. The impact was so severe that five bogies of the train, along with the locomotive, were derailed. However, no human deaths or injuries were reported.

The incident occurred near Sangjurai and Patiapam, villages under the Kampur subdivision in Nagaon district, around 126 km from Guwahati.

According to a statement released by Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northeast Fr...