Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Thirteen elephants die in rail accidents in Sri Lanka's Polonnaruwa district



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Colombo Page
December 5, 2006

Dec 05, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Wild Life Department says at least 13 elephants have died since January 2006 in railway accidents between the Minneriya and Galoya railway stations in the Polonnaruwa district of the North Central Province.
A she-elephant with a young cub collided with the night mail train from Colombo to Polonnaruwa yesterday. Both died on the spot, derailing the train and paralysing train services on the line for more than 24 hours.
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