MUmbai: Six killed, 45 injured as bus rams into vehicles in Kurla

In Maharashtra, six persons died and more than 40 others were injured after a bus of the Mumbai's civic transport body BEST rammed into pedestrians as well as vehicles on Monday night, police and municipal corporation officials said. It is suspected the accident near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) L Ward in Kurla took place due to a brake failure, they said, adding the bus driver has been detained.According to the officials, the driver of the BEST bus on route number 332 lost control over the wheel and dashed into pedestrians as well as some vehicles. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking's bus, after ploughing through pedestrians and vehicles, entered into a residential society, Buddha Colony, and came to a halt, they said.

Mumbai: A major road accident occurred in Kurla when a BEST bus collided with several vehicles on S G Barve Marg, opposite L Ward, near Anjum-E-Islam School. The incident, reported at 9:50 PM on December 9, 2024, resulted in around 10 people being injured. According to Dr. Abdul,… pic.twitter.com/70PmuJfSZs

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Shiv Sena MLA Dilip Lande said brake failure was the reason of the accident. He said that the bus driver pressed the accelerator in panic after losing control of the vehicle and rammed into 30-35 people.The bus bearing registration number MH01-EM-8228 was going from Kurla railway station to Andheri when the accident occurred. "It dashed into various vehicles over a 100-metre stretch and the RCC column of Solomon building. The windows of the bus broke on impact. Locals roughed up the driver," an official said."The bus is just three months old. It is registered on August 20 this year in the name of a company called EVEY Trans," a Tardeo Regional Transport Office (RTO) official said.