An angry group of villagers yesterday torched a police post and blocked traffic for over six hours on the Mumbai-Agra Highway passing through Shahapur in Thane district after four persons were killed in an accident, police said.
Eight persons were also injured in the mishap as a tanker lorry rammed into an autorickshaw, carrying 11 people. The autorickshaw was comming from Atgaon railway station when the tanker hit the vehicle from behind. Immediately after the accident, villagers blocked the traffic for over six hours. Additional police force was sent to Shahapur to avoid any flare up.
The accident took place when the traffic police stopped a truck reportedly to collect hafta, the villagers alleged. The autorickshaw was just behind the truck when it was hit from behind by the speeding tanker whose drive lost control.
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