Kotdwar: An elephant and a bluebuck died on Monday morning after being run over by an express train near the Kotdwar railway station in Uttarakhand, officials said.
The accident occurred about 1.5 km away from the Kotdwar railway station around 5 am, Sub Divisional Officer of Najibabad Division Rajiv Kumar said.
The animals were knocked down by the newly launched express train that runs between Kotdwar and Delhi when they suddenly came on the tracks, Kumar said.
Forest officials said the train must have been at a speed of more than 100 kmph at the time of the accident.
