Two wild elephants killed, one in‐ jured hit by trains

Two elephants were killed and another elephant was critically injured in two separate train
accidents reported from Palugaswewa and Kekirawa during the weekend.

Two wild elephants collided with a night mail train travelling from Colombo to Kankesanthurai
on Saturday night in Kekirawa.

One of the elephants was killed in the accident while the other elephant was critically injured.

Meanwhile in another accident reported from Palugaswewa, an elephant was reported
killed after being knocked down with the ‘Meenagaya’ train en route to Batticaloa
from Colombo.the collision had occurred early yesterday. According to the Railway Control

Room, the particular train had derailed due to the accident that occurred in Palugaswewa
area. As a result, the train services had been con ned to only one railway track while the
services was limited to the Kekirawa area.

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