Herd of elephant crossing railway track on Lalkuan-Kashipur section in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, in which two were hit, a female elephant and her male offspring today morning. 

 Passengers of the train had to be sent to their destinations in buses and few other trains were suspended till noon when the track was finally cleared after the herd calmed down and was driven into the wild by forest officials.

“We saw an adult elephant and baby elephant lying dead on the railway track. The elephant herd there was very furious. We waited for a while and then drove them away from the track,” said Harish Pandey, ranger, Peepal Parao forest range under Terai-Central Forest division in Kumaon.

Pandey said the two elephants were hit by a speeding Agra Fort train which was headed to Ramnagar from Lalkuan at about 5 am on Wednesday.

“When it reached Peepal Parao forest range, 4 km from Rudrapur Sidcul halt, a herd of elephants was crossing the track. The train hit an adult female and its offspring, who died on the spot. After this, the rest of the elephants in the herd got furious and surrounded their bodies, blocking the train traffic,” he said.

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