Barge dashes into pillar of bridge on Thane's Vitawa Creek; no damage to structure, no one hurt, says official

A goods-laden barge dashed into a pillar of a pedestrian-only bridge on Vitawa Creek in Thane district on Friday, though the structure did not suffer damage nor was anyone injured, a civic official said.

The incident took place at 3:30pm in the district's Kalwa area, Thane Municipal Corporation disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI.

The barge was transporting three concrete-mixer trucks and a crane for construction of a high tension electricity transmission structure, he said.

''The pillar and bridge did not suffer damage. No one was injured in the incident. A probe is underway,'' he added.