THANE: An angry group of villagers on Sunday torched a police post and blocked traffic for over six hours on 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 rammed into an autorickshaw, carrying 11 people, police said.
The autorickshaw was coming from Atgaon railway station when the tanker hit the vehicle from behind, police said. Immediately after the accident, villagers blocked the traffic for over six hours, police said, adding that traffic has been restored on the highway.
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