Impatience on the part of a truck driver on Wednesday morning resulted in a nine-foot -tall Ganesh falling on and seriously injuring two persons at Thane. The open truck left from Ulhasnagar with the idol belonging to the United Club in Kopri at 9.30 am. Two men were seated in the back to keep the statue stable during the trip.u00a0

The fall
The truck was soon approached by another truck, which decided to overtake the former. The driver of an Innova next to the truck tried to block him and in the process the two trucks collided. The Ganesha idol was damaged after falling on the two men inside.