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3 injured after two container trucks topple in Maharashtra

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Press Trust of India Thane (Maha)

Three people, including a child, were injured when two container trucks toppled and fell over a house from atop the Mumbra bypass road here in Maharashtra Monday morning, an official said.

The mishap took place around 5 am near a temple in the Mumbra township, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.

The speeding container trucks toppled all of a sudden and fell from the elevated bypass road on a house below it, he said.

A 27-year-old woman and her three-year-old son, who were sleeping in the house at that time, and one of the truck drivers received injuries in the mishap, Kadam said, adding that they were admitted to a local hospital.

 

Police and fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and carried out the rescue work, he said.

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First Published: Nov 26 2018 | 10:00 AM IST

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