*By Border Desk | Environment & Railways* For a train driver, there is no coming back from the sight of a mother elephant and her calf lying under the locomoti...
A wild elephant and its calf were fatally struck by a train near Walayar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, leaving both animals trapped under the locomotive. Rail services on the route were stopped for several hours until the carcasses were removed and the track cleared. The incident is the latest reminder of the persistent risk that railway lines through the region's forest fringes pose to elephants.
A wild elephant and its calf were fatally struck by a train near Walayar, according to the source report. Both animals became trapped under the locomotive — a detail that suggests the collision happened with little time for the animals or the train crew to react. The exact sequence of events has not been officially confirmed, and the train's identity has not been disclosed in the available report.
