On Thursday, a truck loaded with onions went down the Alvan Bridge near Lonavala on Pune-Mumbai Expressway in the early hours of the day. The most shocking revelations came after the accident which for us to question our humanity. After the accident people were seen collecting onions after a truck lost control and crashed into the divider, instead of helping the driver.
According to Hindustan Times, the truck fell at 30 feet down and landed on the old Mumbai-Pune Highway on Thursday around 6 am, when the truck was on the way to Mumbai from Pune. A police officer told the leading that, “The truck driver lost control over the wheels and banged onto the divider after which the truck took the plunge and fell down on the old highway.” The truck driver, who was critically injured, was left unattended.
In the wake of the accident, local residents along with other commuters ran towards the truck but not to help the injured driver. Instead, they were busy collecting the onion sacks which had fallen out of the truck. The truck driver was later taken to a private hospital at Somatane Phata and is currently undergoing treatment. The local residents told the leading daily, that the news of onion sacks scattered on the road spread like wildfire after which local residents came with cloths bags to collect the onions.