Elephant run over by train in Walayar

File Photo: Coimbatore: A rogue elephant which had been creating a menace, after being captured by the forest officials at Madukkarai in Coimbatore in June. (Source: PTI /file)

An elephant was knocked to death by a speeding train on Saturday in Walayar, bordering Tamil Nadu and Kerala, just days after another jumbo was killed in a similar incident on the outskirts.

The 10-year-old tusker was hit by Kollam-Vishakhapatnam Express while trying to cross the tracks in Walayar, seven KMs from here, railway sources said.

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Under the impact, the elephant was thrown off the track, the sources said.

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Forest department officials from Kerala reached the spot and took the carcass.

A 15-year-old elephant had died when Bengaluru-Kochuveli express hit it while it was trying to cross the track at Madukkarai near here on June 20.