India, Jan. 9 -- Four people were injured and 14 vehicles damaged in a chain collision on Friday morning after a cement-laden truck descending the Gaimukh ghat rammed into vehicles coming from the wrong direction on Ghodbunder Road while heading towards Thane, police said.

The accident took place around 6.30 am near the Gaimukh traffic outpost on the Thane-bound lane. The truck driver fled the spot after the accident and is yet to be traced.

According to police officers, the truck hit approximately 11 to 12 four-wheelers and three-wheelers that were travelling on the wrong side of the road.

Police took all the injured to a private hospital in Waghbil for treatment.

The injured include auto-rickshaw driver Shivkumar Bechu Prasad Yadav ...