Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday halted his convoy to assist a stranded ambulance and a patient in the ambulance. The incident occurred while the Chief Minister Shinde was returning to Thane from his scheduled visit to Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

Observing an ambulance parked on a closed bridge on Chunabhatti-Kurla route, Chief Minister Shinde immediately ordered his fleet of cars to stop and inquired about the situation, an official statement said.