By AFP, Gulf News Sri Lanka; October 21, 2018
Colombo: Two elephants were killed and another critically injured Sunday crossing railway tracks in Sri Lanka, officials said, in yet another tragic collision involving the protected animals and speeding trains.
A Jaffna-bound night train rammed into two elephants at Ambanpola, 150 kilometres north of Colombo, killing one and injuring the other.
In a separate accident, a passenger train derailed after hitting and killing an elephant near Palugaswewa, 160 kilometres north-east of Colombo.
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