Mumbai: Milk van overturns at WEH, causes four-vehicle pileup

Hundreds of litres of milk were spilled on the Western Urban Road in the early hours of Monday after a milk van overturned, causing a four-vehicle pileup. There were no casualties in the incident, a police officer said

The mangled remains of the milk van on Western Urban Road

Hundreds of litres of milk were spilled on the Western Urban Road in the early hours of Monday after a milk van overturned, causing a four-vehicle pileup. There were no casualties in the incident, a police officer said.

The driver of the van, Mohammad Manovar, who escaped without any injuries, said, "I am still in a state of shock. I don't know how the accident happened."

According to the investigating officer, Sunil Khabe, the incident led to a four-vehicle pileup. "Some cars slowed down to avert the spill, but it resulted in a pileup when a speeding MUV crashed into other vehicles," Khabe said.

Firemen clean the highway in the early hours of Monday

Speaking to mid-day, an eyewitness said, "Two cars and a motorbike slowed down to see what had happened, but a speeding Ertiga rammed into their cars. The roads were also slippery a lot of milk had spilled from the van, which didn't help the situation."

The cops immediately informed the fire brigade and the roads were washed for traffic movement to resume.

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