Palghar: A tanker carrying kerosene fell from a bridge in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Sunday, disrupting traffic on the service road below for a few hours, an official said.
The tanker driver was injured in the accident that occurred in the Manor area on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, said the official from Kasa police station.
Citing preliminary information, the official said the driver lost control of the tanker on a bridge, causing the vehicle to crash into a sidewall and plunge onto the service road.
A large quantity of kerosene spilled on the service road, prompting the authorities to divert the traffic on it for a couple of hours. The personnel from the disaster management cell and the local fire brigade subsequently cleaned the road, the official said.
The injured tanker driver has been admitted to a local hospital, he added.
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