Wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf who survived in the city of Giritale, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Daily News reported Thursday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least six elephants were killed when a passenger train hit a herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, an official said on Thursday.

A passenger train has hit a herd of elephants near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals.Four babies and two adults died near Minneriya, about 124 miles from the capital, Colombo.