Driver stops train as elephants cross tracks in Bengal

Indian railway Minister Piyush Goyal applauded a loco pilot for his alert response after he stopped a train to save the life of three elephants. On

Twitter, Piyush Goyal posted a short clip wherein three elephants, including a calf, crossed the rail tracks in West Bengal’s Sivok-Gulma section as the loco pilot brought the train to a halt.

Three elephants including a calf crossed the rail tracks in the Sivok-Gulma section in West Bengal. As the animals did so, a train approached the tracks but the loco pilot stopped the vehicle immediately to save the elephants.

After the elephants crossed over to the other side safely, the train driver proceeded.