The reinforcement cage of a pier at an under-construction elevated road toppled onto a moving car at Kopri Bridge in Thane on Saturday, damaging its front windshield. The woman driving the car narrowly escaped without injuries, police said.

Taking serious note of the incident at the Anand Nagar–Saket Elevated Road project site, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the contractor executing the project and ordered a detailed investigation to ascertain the cause of the collapse and identify possible safety lapses.