An oil tanker hit a road divider and then collided with four vehicles, injuring three occupants of a car and disrupting traffic movement on an busy road in Maharashtra's Thane city, a civic official said on Monday.

The accident took place around 10.30 pm on Sunday near Gaimukh on Ghodbunder Road, the city's main arterial road, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Santosh Kadam said.