A major accident was averted on early Friday morning when a height barrier of Foot Over Bridge (FOB) near King’s Circle railway bridge was dislocated after a speeding car dashed over it. The incident occurred around 6 am, coinciding with the timings of harbour line local trains which pass through the same bridge built above the road. This accident led to standstill traffic on both the roads leading to the Sion flyover, which was already shut amid repair works.
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Shivaji Sutar, chief public relation officer, Central Railways said that a car has dashed the barrier due to which it got dislocated but there was no impact on suburban services due to this incident. “The police department has seized the car and investigation is underway. However no one was injured and none of the harbour line services were disrupted since morning,” he said
The locals, who immediately took to social media to express their ire, shared a photo, in which a huge iron block can be seen lying on the street. The traffic police and local police were alerted about the incident. Traffic police immediately roped in a crane, to move the iron barrier blocking the traffic and vehicular movement was normalised after an hour.
The traffic during the peak hours on Friday was badly hit due to the accident and led to a bottleneck traffic on the roads leading to Sion flyover, which has been shut for vehicular movement from Thursday evening to Monday morning. Traffic snarls were reported between Sion and Dadar, which took motorists over 70 minutes to cross over.
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An irate motorist said, "We already have to face snarls along the Sion flyover, in addition this accident also led to an added trouble. What is the police doing in this matter?"
