Overview

• The crash occurred near the Shell petrol pump at Pachpakhadi on the Eastern Express Highway in the early hours of Friday.
• Responders were alerted at 3:44 am and dispatched one fire engine and a rescue vehicle to the site.
• The driver, identified as 55-year-old Sahebrao Yadav, was freed from the mangled autorickshaw in about 15 minutes.
• Yadav was transported to Thane’s District Government Hospital for treatment, according to municipal officials.
• Authorities say the trailer driver left with the vehicle and is being tracked, with no arrests reported yet.