At Least six people were killed and 49 were injured in an accident. The state ran the best bust in Mumbai’s Kurla West on Monday night. That was reported by the news agency PTI. The crash occurred when the bus lost control and hit multiple vehicles on the street and pedestrians on a busy road.
This accident took place around 9:50 pm when the red electric bus was operating from Kurla station to Andheri. Also speeding down the road before crashing down an auto rickshaw. CCTV footage from the scene shows the bus barrelling at high speed and ramming the first vehicle it encountered. Before swerving and hitting several other cars and pedestrians. This bus crashed into the gate of a residential complex. The municipal corporation’s official state
“brakes may have failed, causing the driver to lose control. “The driver of the bus lost control, and it rammed pedestrians and vehicles. It eventually crashed into the gates of a residential complex,”
The Eyewitnesses Said
This impact of the crash was severe and witnessed to describe the scenes of chaos and panic. Zaid Ahmed a 26 years old local resident says
“I ran to the spot and saw a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, an autorickshaw, and three cars. I saw some bodies. We rescued the passengers in the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in another three-wheeler. My friends and I helped in providing relief to the injured,”
The eyewitness reported that the bus swerved unconditionally over 200 meters. The bus involved in the accident was a 12-meter-long electric vehicle manufactured by Olectra. This bus was on a wet lease from the private operator EVEY Trans.
A Tardeo regional transport office (RTO) official said
“The bus is just three months old. It was registered on August 20 this year in the name of a company called EVEY Trans,”
Mumbai Police launched an investigation into the crash. The initial inquiries focused on the bus’s mechanical condition and the driver’s actions.
