Overview
- The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. at Gaimukh Ghat when a cement-laden truck descending toward Thane collided with vehicles that had entered the opposite lane to bypass congestion.
- Officials reported damage to roughly a dozen vehicles and an oil spill that intensified hazards before the fire brigade and civic teams cleared the roadway.
- Traffic police used five cranes to remove wreckage and said the carriageway was fully reopened by about 11:30 a.m.
- Four people were hospitalized, including autorickshaw driver Shivkumar Bechu Prasad Yadav, Ola driver Rambali Babulal, and passengers Anita Dinesh Petwal and Taskir Shafiq Ahmed Sheikh, with one patient requiring additional plastic surgery.
- The truck driver fled and remains untraced, and police say they will register cases against motorists who drove on the wrong side as well as the absconding driver.