Overview
- A head-on crash on the Swargiya Dharmveer Anand Dighe flyover near Kharegaon, reported around 5:42 am Monday, injured two people in an autorickshaw.
- The injured were driver Govind Pawar, 43, who suffered serious head and body wounds, and passenger Prathmesh Chavan, 32, both treated at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa.
- The collision involved an autorickshaw and a Hyundai Verna traveling between Thane and Kalwa, and the car’s driver was alone.
- Disaster management staff and police spread soil over an oil spill to stop skids and reopened the flyover after moving the damaged vehicles.
- Authorities have opened an investigation into the cause, a step likely to focus attention on road safety in Thane after other recent accidents.