A tanker carrying a chemical overturned on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, affecting traffic on the busy route for about four hours, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.
Chemical-laden tanker overturns in Palghar: No casualty
No one was injured in the accident which took place at around 7 pm on Wednesday near Mahalakshmi-Vivalvede village, district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam told PTI.
The tanker was on its way from Vapi in neighbouring Gujarat to Boisar in Palghar when it overturned. The chemical from the vehicle spilled on the road, he said, reported PTI.
Chemical-laden tanker overturns in Palghar: Traffic hit
After being alerted, local police and fire personnel rushed to the spot and sprayed water on the road where the chemical leaked from the tanker.
Traffic movement on the highway was affected for around four hours, the official said, reported PTI.
The tanker was later removed from the road, he added, reported PTI.
In another incident, two students were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on crashed into a Metro rail pillar in Nagpur, an official said on Wednesday, reported PTI.
The incident took place on Tuesday night in Sitabuldi police station area when 20-year-olds Om Sanjay Bahade and Karthik Sunil Mandavkar were travelling on a two-wheeler, reported PTI.
Bahade was a second-year student at Priyadarshini Engineering College, while Mandavkar was pursuing a marketing course.
“Om (Bahade) lost control of the motorcycle and it hit a pillar, causing severe injuries to both riders. Police rushed them to the hospital but doctors declared them dead,” the official added, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, in a tragic incident, a 39-year-old man and his 11-year-old son were killed when a speeding car hit their two-wheeler on a bridge in Lalbaug in central Mumbai, police said on Monday, reported PTI.
The man`s wife and their daughter, who were also on the two-wheeler, were injured in the accident which took place on Sunday evening, an official said, reported PTI.
The car driver lost control of the steering wheel, first hit the road divider and then the two-wheeler, on which the couple and their two kids were travelling, on the bridge, he said, reported PTI.
The injured were rushed to a hospital, he said, adding an offence was registered against the car driver at the Kalachowki Police Station, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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