Palakkad: A wild elephant died by the railway tracks at Kanjikode in Palakkad after being hit by passing train. The incident took place at 3.15 Friday morning.
The 20-year-old female elephant was hit by Guwahati Express. The tracks in this stretch is especially deadly for the tuskers given several such elephant deaths have been reported in the area.
The Forest and Railway officials reached the scene and buried the dead elephant after postmortem.
