Thane: One person was injured after a truck carrying tomatoes lost control and was canceled near Kopari in Thane on Jalan Raya Eastern Express around 2am on Friday.
What was injured was shifted to the nearest hospital, Thane Municipal Corporation was informed.
About 20 tons of tomatoes, spread on the Eastern Express highway which leads to traffic congestion on both the East Highway Express lane on Friday morning.
Tomato trucks are full of accidents and fall on the stretch of the Kopri bridge.
Even when the authorities tried to move the vehicle dropped to the side, all the burden of tomatoes spilled on the road adding chaos.
The police team and rescuers were busy cleaning stretches ahead of the morning peak traffic hours.
Meanwhile, suburban trains on the central train line and port lines ran 20 to 25 minutes behind their schedule due to heavy rains in the Mumbai and suburban parts since morning.
Water logging is reported on track in several places, disrupting local train services.
The current local train service only runs for personnel involved in health and other important services in the view of the Covid-19 pandemic, while road traffic was beaten because it turned out in various parts of the city on Friday morning.
The Indian Meteorology Department has previously predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with very heavy rainfall in remote places on Friday.
Traffic chaos on the Eastern Express highway as a truck reversing
