4 individuals died, and a minimum of 25 others have been injured after a BEST bus in Mumbai bumped into pedestrians and autos on Monday evening. The incident occurred close to the BMC L Ward in Kurla, officers mentioned. Police suspect a brake failure precipitated the crash. The bus driver has been detained.
The incident unfolded when a BEST bus going from Kurla railway station to Andheri veered off beam, crashing via pedestrians and autos earlier than barreling right into a residential society, Buddha Colony, the place it lastly got here to a cease, officers mentioned. The motive force had reportedly misplaced management of the wheels close to route quantity 332.
“It dashed into varied autos over a 100-metre stretch and the RCC column of Solomon constructing. The home windows of the bus broke on influence. Locals roughed up the driving force,” an official mentioned.
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Zaid Ahmed, a 26-year-old native resident, described the chaos after listening to a loud noise as he was leaving for the railway station. “I ran to the spot and noticed a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, different autos, together with an autorickshaw and three vehicles. I noticed some lifeless our bodies in entrance of my eyes. We rescued the passengers within the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in one other three-wheeler. My associates additionally helped in offering aid to the injured,” he informed PTI.
“Many individuals have been mendacity in a pool of blood. A crowd assembled on the spot and began transferring the injured to hospital,” added Zeeshan Ansari, one other eyewitness.
Ansari mentioned he was close to Royal Sweets store with associates when he noticed the bus being pushed recklessly. “The bus immediately dashed into a number of autos in addition to pedestrians and entered Buddha Colony. We rushed and introduced out the bus driver,” he mentioned.
