Two dead as truck rams into street light, cops suspect driver dozed off
THANE, July 23 -- A truck driver and his co-worker died after speeding their truck crashed into a street light on the Patlipada bridge on Ghodbunder Road. The police suspect the driver dozed off, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and ram into the street light.
According to the police, the incident occurred at 12:35 am on Tuesday when the truck, transporting iron rods weighing eight tonnes from Navi Mumbai to Gujarat, rammed into a street light after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle. The driver, Vinod, 42, and his co-worker, Rahim Pathan, 25, both residents of Uttar Pradesh, were trapped inside the mangled truck. The police rescued Vinod and Pathan and rushed them to the Thane Civil Hospital, where they were declared dead.
Following the crash, traffic was restricted on the bridge for three hours to move the heavy vehicle, clean the oil that leaked from the vehicle, and also remove the iron pipes that were spread across the road....
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