Vehicular traffic was reported near Vikhroli on the Eastern Express Highway in Mumbai after a piling crane met with an accident in the early hours of Saturday, December 14. A video shared by the news agency ANI shows a crane overturned on the road.
It is learned that the crane vehicle overturned on a bike, as is seen in a video in Vikhroli. Authorities and local police a the site investigating into the accident.
Mumbai Traffic Police on its official X (formerly known as Twitter) informed commuters that slow traffic movement. "Traffic Movement Is Slow At Vikhroli Godrej Gate North Bound Due To Heavy Vehicle Breakdown.," Mumbai Traffic Police added in a X post.
According to the news agency PTI report, a motorcyclist sustained injuries after a Piling crane being transported on a trailer fell on him in the eastern suburbs. The police have registered a case against the trailer driver for the accident.
The victim, Vipul Panchal (44), was heading towards Kandivali on his motorcycle when the driver of the trailer nearby lost control of the wheel, causing a heavy machine he was transporting to fall on Panchal. The official said locals rushed the injured man to a nearby hospital.
"The accident affected traffic on the highway for some time. We have arrested the trailer driver under relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act for negligent driving and the Motor Vehicle Act," senior inspector Suryakant Naikwadi of Vikhroli police station said.