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NAgaon/ Guwahati, At to the lowest degree heptad elephants were killed, and unity was injured after a crowd of jumbos was strike by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai district early Saturday, officials said.Five coaches and the train’s engine were also derailed, they said.Initially, all eight elephants were reported to have been killed, though later it was said that one of them was found injured.No passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred at 2.17 am, the officials said.Nagaon divisional forest officer Suhash Kadam told PTI that the accident in Changjurai village is suspected to have occurred due to heavy fog in the area.“Autopsy of the seven dead jumbos is underway, and treatment is on for the injured one by local veterinary doctors. Cremation will be done near the accident site. Legal formalities are being followed,” he said.NFR chief spokesperson Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said the accident took place in the Jamunamukh- Kampur section under the Lumding division.The area is about 126 km from Guwahati.He claimed that the accident took place at a location which is not a designated elephant corridor. “The train driver, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, the jumbos dashed with the train,” he added.Sharma said accident relief trains, along with top officials from the divisional headquarters, have already reached the site.The NFR general manager and the divisional railway manager of Lumding have also rushed to the site, he said.Helpline numbers 0361-2731621 / 2731622 / 2731623 have been activated at Guwahati railway station, he added.The NFR spokesperson said the passengers of the affected coaches were temporarily accommodated in the vacant berths available in other compartments, and the train, without the derailed coaches, left the site for Guwahati at 6.11 am.The passengers will be accommodated in additional coaches, which will be added to the train at Guwahati, and the train will resume its journey after that, he said.Trains scheduled to pass through the affected section have been diverted through the UP line, and restoration work is underway, Sharma added.The Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express connects Mizoram's Sairang to the Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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