India, July 29 -- Traffic was severely affected on Wednesday at the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after iron plates fell off a loaded truck. The part of its load slipped onto the road near the Amrutanjan Bridge ghat section. The traffic queue extended up to 39km, leaving motorists stranded in slow moving traffic through the ghat section.

The situation was further aggravated with a truck breaking down, thereby blocking the lane on the Pune-bound carriageway.

The incident occurred at around 1am near the Amrutanjan Bridge on the Pune-bound carriageway when a truck shed iron plates onto the roadway while negotiating the uphill stretch.

The fallen cargo blocked the third lane, forcing authorities to temporarily close it to traffic while the obstru...