Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express became a symbol of the biggest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory, when the train was struck by the giant waves of Dec. 26, 2004.

Sri Lanka train kills elephant, marking the country's worst wildlife railway accident in three months. Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20, 2025. Priyan Malinda/AP ...

Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six elephants. -/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Atlanta CNN — ...

A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20, 2025.

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday (Feb 20) after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident ...

Sri Lanka's wildlife and railway authorities announced on Friday a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife ...

A train collided with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police.. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary ...