Overview
- The container truck rammed multiple cars and autorickshaws around 4:30–4:39 pm Sunday on Ghodbunder Road near the Gaimukh police outpost.
- Thane’s disaster management officials reported 13 vehicles, including the truck, were damaged and confirmed one person was hospitalised.
- Accounts of the injured autorickshaw driver’s condition differ, with police describing minor injuries and one outlet reporting critical treatment.
- Traffic police, the RDMC and the fire brigade used towing vans and cranes to clear wreckage and restored movement within roughly 40–60 minutes.
- Investigators are tracing the absconding driver and assessing whether loss of control on the ghat or a brake malfunction caused the crash, noting a similar incident was reported at the same stretch in January.