10 January,2026 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
The first car that collided with the truck on Ghodbunder Road on Friday morning
At least 12 people were injured, four seriously, after 14 vehicles travelling to Mumbai from Thane crashed into a speeding truck on Ghodbunder Road on Friday morning. While the truck driver fled immediately after the collision, the police believe he was not at fault and that the automobile drivers were in the wrong lane. The Thane-based Kasarvadavli police will register an FIR against the errant motorists as well as the truck driver who took to his heels without helping the injured.
According to the police, around 7 pm, around 14 vehicles, including two autorickshaws and an electric car, entered the wrong lane near Gaimukh, inadvertently entering the path of the speeding Thane-bound truck. After the latter traversed a sharp curve at the Gaimukh Gaon junction, the multi-vehicle crash occurred.
Shivkumar Yadav, a Kashimira resident, who sustained injuries to his head and back. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The four people severely injured were admitted to the nearby Tieten Medicity Hospital. One of them, the first motorist who collided with the truck, damaged his back and lower body and had to be shifted to Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle West.
Shivkumar Yadav, a Kashimira resident who was ferrying two women passengers, sustained injuries to his head and back, developing blood clots.
The first car that collided with the truck on Ghodbunder Road on Friday morning. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
His wife, Gita, said, "My husband has been driving for 40 years, and this is the first time he has met with an accident. He left home at 5 am after eating breakfast. After I received a call from the police, informing me that he had been admitted to the hospital, I rushed there. If my husband doesn't respond to medication, doctors will have to perform surgery."
Taskin Shaikh, 45, a resident of Rabodi, Thane, who teaches at a college in Mira Road, was on her way to work in an auto with a woman passenger when the mishap occurred.
(From left) Accident victim Shivkumar Yadav's son Chandrakant, brother Arjun Yadav, and wife Gita
Her brother-in-law, Abdul Rehman Pathan, said, "Taskin was napping when her auto crashed into the truck. She sustained facial injuries. She will undergo plastic surgery. Her ribs were also fractured."
Taskin Shaikh, Rabodi resident who suffered facial injuries
Senior Inspector Nivrutti Kolhatkar told mid-day, "We will register an FIR against the truck driver who escaped without helping the injured. We will also book those who drove in the wrong direction."
