The accident occurred at around 5.50 a.m. at Raily Wolf in Mulund, where traffic movement had been restricted to a single lane due to ongoing Metro construction work on LBS Marg

The bridge is being reconstructed as part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-2), under which Central Railway is developing the fifth and sixth railway lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kurla