Maharashtra: Tomato-laden truck overturns in Thane; traffic hit for 5 hours

A truck transporting tomatoes overturned on a bridge on a busy road in Maharashtras Thane city affecting traffic for five hours on Tuesday morning a civic official saidTomatoladen truck overturns in Thane Accident took place on the Patlipada bridge on Ghodbunder RoadThe accident occurred on the Patlipada bridge on Ghodbunder Road around 414 am the official saidA truck transporting tomatoes was heading towards Ghodbunder when it overturned on the bridge Oil leaked from the vehicle and tomatoes were scattered on the road said Yasin Tadvi chief of the civic disaster management cellTomatoladen truck overturns in Thane Fire personnel and the RDMC team undertake the cleaning operationsLocal fire personnel and the RDMC team undertook the cleaning operations However the traffic on the route was affected for five hours the official saidIn another incident a woman sustained minor injuries after the car she was driving hit the divider on the Mumbai TransHarbour Link MTHL on Sunday afternoon in the first accident on the newly opened sea bridge the police said reported PTIFour other occupants of the vehicle including two children aged between five and 11 and two women escaped unhurt they saidAccording to an official from Nhava Sheva police station a red Maruti car was on its way to Mumbai from Navi Mumbai when it met with an accident reported PTIThe woman at the wheel lost control of the vehicle and it hit the divider The vehicle flipped and skidded along the road for some distance before returning to an upright position he said reported PTIThe woman driving the car sustained minor injuries while the car suffered damages to its roof and windshield he said Two more women and as many children who were also in the car escaped unhurt he said reported PTIWith the help of traffic police the injured woman was rushed to a hospital in Navi Mumbai but her family members got her discharged and took her to Mumbai he said reported PTIOfficials said this is the first accident on Indias longest sea bridge officially known as Atal Bihari Vajpayee SewriNhava Sheva Atal Setu ever since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 12 A video of the accident has gone viral on social mediaThe Nhava Sheva police are in the process of registering an FIR against the woman who is yet to be identified on a complaint by the traffic police Further investigation is underway the official added reported PTIThe 218kmlong MTHL which connects south Mumbai with the satellite city of Navi Mumbai is a sixlane bridgeWith inputs from PTI