Authorities in Sri Lanka say a train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in the country's northeast, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of its tankers got derailed.

In one of the worst wildlife tragedies in Sri Lanka, a train transporting fuel collided with a herd of wild elephants, killing two of them on the spot and severely wounding another. (AP Video filmed b

A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel has hit a herd of wild elephants in north-east Sri Lanka, killing two and injuring another as two of its tankers were derailed, authorities said.