Mumbai, February 8 An FIR has been registered against the driver of a gas tanker, days after an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway caused a massive traffic jam lasting over 33 hours and stranding thousands of motorists, police said on Sunday.
A case has been registered against Ratan Singh Uday Narayan Singh (44), a resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, at the Khopoli police station in Raigad district, on charges of reckless and dangerous driving, and endangering the life or personal safety of others, an officer said.
The tanker transporting highly flammable propylene gas overturned near the Adoshi tunnel in Raigad district around 5 PM on February 3. The vehicle was allegedly speeding when the driver lost control of the steering on a slope, police said.
The tanker was travelling from Kochin to Gujarat.
The driver and his assistant were injured in the incident and were admitted to a private hospital in Navi Mumbai, police said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Motor Vehicle Act, he said, adding that further investigation is underway.
Traffic on the Mumbai-bound carriageway of the expressway was restored early on February 5, about 33 hours after the accident.
