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This BEST bus was going from Kurla to Andheri. The accident occurred due to brake failure on Kurla Station Road.
BEST bus crushed many people in Kurla, Mumbai on Monday night. So far 7 people have died in the accident. 49 injured are undergoing treatment. They have been admitted to Sion and Kurla Bhabha.
The accident took place at Ambedkar Nagar on Kurla West Railway Station Road. The bus was going from Kurla station to Andheri. These BEST buses are operated by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Accused driver Sanjay More (54) was driving the bus for the first time on Monday. He had joined BEST as a contract driver on December 1 itself. The police have arrested the accused driver.
A case of culpable homicide has been registered against Sanjay. In his statement to the police, he confessed that he was confused about the automatic transmission of the bus.
Here, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced to give Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those who died in the Kurla BEST bus accident.
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The auto was completely shattered due to the collision with the bus.
The bus also hit a car. The front part of the car broke.
The bus crushed many people walking on the road.
After crushing several vehicles, the bus collided with the gate of Ambedkar Nagar and stopped.
After the bus stopped, people reached the spot. The injured were taken to the hospital.
Police investigating the case from murder angle
The police informed the court in this case that they are also investigating whether the driver did not carry out this incident intentionally and did not use the bus as a weapon. The court has sent bus driver Sanjay More to police custody till December 21.
Eyewitnesses said – the bus was waving before hitting Eyewitness Zaid Ahmed, who was present at the time of the accident, said that he was leaving his house to go to the railway station. He saw that the bus was swaying rapidly. Zaid rushed there and saw that a BEST bus had hit several vehicles including pedestrians, an auto rickshaw and three cars.
He also saw some dead bodies. After this he rescued the passengers traveling in the auto rickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital. His friends also helped in providing relief to the injured.
The bus is three months old, BMC had taken it on lease.
Another official of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) said that the bus was a 12 meter long electric bus manufactured by Olectra and BEST had taken it on wet lease. He informed that drivers of such buses are provided by private operators. An RTO official said, the bus is only three months old. It has been registered in the name of a company named EVEY Trans on August 20 this year.
RTO team investigated technical fault in the bus
After the accident, the bus was removed from the spot at 12.30 with the help of a crane and earth mover machine and was brought to Kurla depot at 1.15. Sources in the Regional Transport Office (RTO) said a team inspected the bus to find out if there were any technical faults in it. This team will submit the report to the police based on the points found in the investigation.
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