Updated On: 12 April, 2024 05:59 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
A truck carrying medicines overturned after hitting a tree and a car rammed into it on the Eastern Express Highway in Maharashtra`s Thane city on Friday. Pics/RDMC

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No one was injured in the accident, the officials said
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According to the officials, the incident that took place around 6.30 am in Maharashtra`s Thane district

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The movement of vehicles was affected on the route for an hour, said Yasin Tadvi, the chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC)
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The truck carrying 10 tonnes of medicines was heading to Mumbai from Nagpur when the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a tree, he said

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The vehicle overturned due to the impact and the medicines lay strewn on the road, and a car then rammed into it, the official said
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The truck driver fled the scene and five occupants of the car managed to get out safely, he said, adding that local firemen, RDMC team and local police rushed to the spot to clear the road
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