Guwahati, Jan 27: A wild elephant was killed and another was injured on Wednesday after a freight carrying train at Gosaihat in Palasbari in Assam’s Kamrup district ran over them while they were crossing the railway track.

A herd of elephants had reportedly come down from Maliata hills in search of food when they were hit by the speeding freight train. One elephant was killed on the spot while another was severely injured, after which it reportedly went back into the wild.

According to sources, the incident took place on Wednesday night on the Kamakhya-Jogighopa rail track when the herd was hit by a speeding train coming from Guwahati and headed towards Delhi.

The dead elephant was reportedly dragged a long distance by the speeding train.

Forest and Railways officials reached the site of the incident on Wednesday night itself to remove the carcass of the elephant from the tracks in order to open the track for train movement.

The locals said since the area is an active elephant corridor with elephants coming out of the wild regularly, a signboard demarcating the area as an active elephant corridor should be put up.

They also requested that trains passing through the area be slowed down to prevent such accidents from happening in the future.