A man was killed and two others were seriously injured after an auto-rickshaw rammed into a stationary water tanker in Thane late on Sunday night, officials said.
The incident took place around 11:59 pm near Cadbury Junction on the service road connecting Nitin Company to the Eastern Express Highway in Thane (West), according to the Thane Municipal Corporation’s Disaster Management Cell.
A Bajaj Ape rickshaw (MH-03 DS-3036) collided with a parked water tanker (MH-04 CU-7728), leaving three passengers trapped inside the vehicle. Following the crash, teams from the fire brigade, city traffic police, and the Disaster Management Cell rushed to the spot with a fire engine, rescue vehicle, and other support equipment.
Rescue operations took about 30 minutes, after which the victims were pulled out and shifted to the District Government Hospital. One of them, identified only as Bablu, was declared dead on arrival by doctors.
The two others — Daniel Naik (56), who suffered severe injuries to his head and leg, and Alam Shaikh (29), who sustained head and hand injuries — were later referred to Sion Hospital in Mumbai for advanced treatment.
The accident caused a temporary disruption of traffic along the busy Eastern Express Highway stretch but normalcy was restored after the damaged rickshaw was removed, officials said.
Four injured as speeding car crashes into pedestrians on footpath in Mumbai
In another incident, four people were injured after a speeding car crashed into them on a footpath in the eastern suburbs in Mumbai on Saturday morning, police said, reported PTI.
The accident occurred at LBS Marg in Ghatkopar around 6.30 am, an official said.
He said a speeding car lost control and veered onto the footpath, crashing into four people, one of whom is said to be in a critical condition, reported PTI.
The CCTV footage showed two women and a man stepping out of the vehicle, and the man fled the spot, the official said, adding that the women were taken into custody.
The police recovered liquor bottles from the vehicle, and it is suspected that the accused were in an inebriated state at the time of the accident, the official said, reported PTI.
The police were in the process of registering a case, and a search has been launched for the absconding accused, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
