Although less than 70 days have passed this year, 75 elephant deaths have been reported during that period.
It was last night (9th) when a bus which was running from Colombo to Kunamalay hit a baby elephant in the area of Thalapath Kanda on the Habarana Trincomalee road and the baby elephant died.
It is reported that there were about 50 people on the bus at the time of the elephant bus collision and there was no danger to the passengers.
Photos from the Internet.