Seven elephants were killed in Assam’s Hojai district in the early hours of Saturday when a Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express collided with them. The Rajdhani Express coaches have been attached to another engine, and they have left the station now,” he said. The passengers of the affected coaches have been temporarily accommodated in the vacant berths available in other coaches. The derailment-affected train, after detaching the affected coaches, has left the site for Guwahati at 6:11 am. The Railways stated that the accident site is “not a designated elephant corridor”.

Source: Indian Express December 20, 2025 06:43 UTC