A Mumbai Police official died and a woman cop was injured after a speeding car hit them on the Coastal Road in Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said, reported the PTI.

The incident took place at 7.53 am when the two police personnel were on bandobast duty at a connector of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and Coastal Road, an official said.

A speeding car hit the two personnel, who suffered serious injuries, he said.

Both were rushed to a private hospital where 52-year-old head constable Dattatray Kumbhar succumbed while constable Riddhi Patil was undergoing treatment, the official said, according to the PTI.

Both the personnel were from Worli police station in central Mumbai.

The car driver, identified as Ramchandra Rane (46), was taken into custody, the police said, the news agency reported.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, an LPG tanker overturned in a hilly area near Chandwad on the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Nashik district, causing a gas leak and triggering panic among locals, police said on Tuesday, as per the PTI.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

Efforts to plug the gas leak have been going on for the last 15 hours, an official said, adding that traffic on the highway has been diverted.

A BPCL tanker carrying LPG overturned in Rahud Ghat near Chandwad around 10 pm on Monday.

“Following the incident, gas started leaking on a large scale, creating panic in the area. Chandwad tehsildar, police personnel, and a technical team of BPCL immediately reached the spot and began the efforts to stop the gas leakage on war-footing,” an official said, reported the PTI.

Fire tenders from three municipal councils and Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) were also mobilised.

Due to the accident, traffic came to a standstill, and long queues of vehicles were seen on the highway.

As a precautionary measure, police closed the Nashik-Dhule highway at Chandwad Square for traffic.

“Efforts to stop the gas leak from the tanker are going on, and all necessary facilities have been provided at the accident spot. Citizens should not believe any rumours and cooperate with the administration. The work will be completed up to 4 pm,” said Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil. 

(with PTI inputs)

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