A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday. While no injuries were reported among passengers, six elephants died from the accident in Habarana,

The train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana when it hit a family of elephants crossing the line.

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed on Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island’s worst such wildlife accident, police said.

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed.