Getting out of Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) is a painstaking ordeal on any given day, but Wednesday night descended into chaos. As I set off on my motorcycle for Kamothe around 10 pm, the scale of the gridlock between Chembur and the Vashi toll naka became clear.

A crane collapse on the bridge had turned the arterial road into a graveyard of stationary vehicles, with no on-ground communication from authorities for hours.