Driver trapped after Thane truck collision, rescued by fire brigade

One person was injured after a heavy truck collided with another vehicle near Kharegaon Toll Naka in the Retibandar area of Kalwa Thane West early Tuesday morning officials saidAccording to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation the accident occurred around 602 am on the road leading towards Mumbra A heavy Ashok Leyland truck MH 04 KU 2012 carrying debris and garbage from Mulund Dumping Ground to Mumbra rammed into an unidentified vehicle moving ahead of itThe truck was owned by Rupesh Talwar and driven by Rajkumar 32 a resident of Taloja Following the collision the driver was trapped inside the vehicleFire brigade personnel including a divisional officer and substation officer rushed to the spot with a fire engine and a rescue vehicle Teams from the Disaster Management Cell city traffic police and staff from Kalwa Police Station were also deployed along with an ambulanceThe trapped driver was successfully rescued from the cabin He sustained serious injuries to his leg and was admitted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital for treatmentMeanwhile traffic police personnel were engaged in clearing the accident site by shifting the damaged vehicle to the side of the road to restore traffic movementFire breaks out in electric duct of Thane residential building two injuredIn another incident a fire broke out in an electric duct on the 10th floor of a residential highrise in Thane West early Tuesday leaving two residents injured and prompting the evacuation of dozens of people officials saidAccording to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC the incident was reported at around 414 am at Milan Hill Building a groundplus18storey structure located near Shastri Nagar Naka in Shastri Nagar The information was initially relayed to civic authorities by a journalistFire brigade personnel along with officials from the Disaster Management Cell Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited MSEDCL and the Mahanagar Gas Company rushed to the spot The emergency response included one fire engine one rescue vehicle and a utility vehicleThe blaze damaged the electric duct between the 10th and 13th floors The main doors of two flats on the 10th floormdashRoom No 1005 owned by Pushparaj Mendhan and Room No 1006 owned by Vidya Jadhav were also charredHeavy smoke from the fire trapped nearly 60 to 70 residents inside the building Of these four occupants in Room No 1005 and three in Room No 1006 were stranded on the 10th floor All were safely evacuated by fire brigade personnel and disaster management staff as a precautionary measure officials saidTwo residents sustained burn injuries in the incident A 74yearold woman Ruchira Deshmukh a resident of Room No 1104 suffered burns to both hands and was admitted to Jupiter Hospital Another injured resident Vivek Pradhan 62 who lives in Room No 1502 sustained burns to his hand and leg and was admitted to Bethany HospitalThe fire was brought under control and completely extinguished by around 530 am Officials said the situation is now stable and under control