US EditionA Herd Stop: Train Kills 3 Rare Bison in Poland
- Three wild European bison died on Sunday morning after being hit by a train in Poland's vast UNESCO-listed Bialowieza Forest in the east.
- A herd of Europe's largest mammals crossed onto the train tracks as a locomotive carrying about 50 passengers between Bialystok and Warsaw approached.
- Male European bison can weigh nearly 900 kilograms , making them Europe's largest mammals.
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The Bialowieza Forest in Poland and Belarus is the last virgin forest in Europe. In the UNESCO World Heritage Site, about 1200 wild European bisons now live after their near extinction. In the event of an accident on Sunday morning, three of them were captured by a train.
A Białystok-Warsaw passenger train collided with three bison standing on the tracks on Sunday morning near Witowo (Podlaskie Voivodeship). According to authorities, the train passengers were unharmed, but the animals died. The collision between the Intercity "Żubr" train and the animals occurred after 7 a.m. on Sunday near Witowo, located between Hajnówka and Czeremcha. The article "Podlaskie Voivodeship: Białystok-Warsaw train collides with thr…
In Podlasie near the village of Kraskoŭshchyna, 7 km from the Belarusian border, the Białystok-Warsaw train named "Zubar" crashed into a herd of bison.
Three wild bison (European bison) died on Sunday after being hit by a train in Poland's Bialowieza Forest.
No passengers injured: A herd stop: Train kills 3 rare bison in Poland
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