Palghar, Dec 24 (PTI) Sixteen goats died and 10 were injured after a truck ran into a herd on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, a Palghar police station official said on Friday.

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The incident took place on Thursday in Waghoba Khind area and it resulted in a traffic jam on the arterial route for over an hour, he said.

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The driver has absconded while the truck has been seized, he added.

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