Thane: One person died and another was injured after a truck and a pickup collided with a bypass wall and fell on the road below in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday. A civil officer gave this information.

The official said that the accident took place on Mumbra bypass at around 1 pm.

Yasin Tadvi, head of the Civil Disaster Management Cell, said a pickup van crashed into a cyclist passing on the road below, crushing him to death.

Police said the driver of the van suffered injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

He said that search is on for the truck driver who fled from the spot.