Youth driving container rams into divider at Kharegaon toll

THANE: An unidentified

container

driver sustained major injuries on his legs after the heavy vehicle rammed into the divider near Kharegoan toll on Friday morning.

Officials said the youngster was travelling from

Panvel

towards Thane when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle near

Retibunder road

. The local fire brigade, the

Kalwa police

and the RDMC rushed to the spot. A traffic police said, “Fortunately the driver’s cabin had not been damaged much. We had to take him to a hospital in the vicinity as he had sustained major injuries on his legs.” The official said, “Even though five officials were controlling the traffic, there was a jam. The heavy vehicles were stopped for 45 minutes.”