In what could be a serious accident, a goods train belonging to Bombay Port Trust rammed into an oil tanker at Sewri on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident occurred when a multi-axle oil tanker didn't stop before the tracks and ended up in the train's path. Sources said the incident happened at around 3 pm when the train was going towards BPT. Sources said that the tanker didn't move out of the train's path and even though the latter slowed down, it hit the tanker causing an oil spill. "There is no crossing there and normally trains pass after road traffic has stopped," said a fire officer.