Maharashtra: Oil tanker overturns on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar

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On Sunday morning, an oil tanker overturned on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in the Palghar district. No casualty was reported in the accident.

According to the officials, the oil spilled from a tanker on the road has affected traffic movement on the busy route for about two hours.

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The accident was reported at around 5.30 am, Charoti police outpost's sub-inspector Irshad Sayyed told PTI. "No one was injured in the accident," he added.

As the tanker carrying 33 tonnes of a vehicle engine raw material oil overturned, the oil spilled on about one-km length of the highway near the RTO check post in Dapchori limits, the officer said.

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Traffic police, staff from the check post and local firemen rushed to the spot and covered the affected part of the road with sand.