Four dead, 9 injured after BEST bus crashes into pedestrians in Bhandup

Four people died and at least nine were injured after a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST bus crashed into pedestrians in Bhandup area of Mumbai on Monday night officials said adding that the senior police officials were at the spot and those injured were rushed to the hospitalThe police said that among those dead include three women and a manA women and 8 men were injured in the incident and were being treated at hospital The bus driver has been taken into custody and further investigations were underway said an officialThe officials said that a wet lease BEST bus was involved in the accident which took place at around 1005 pm when the bus driver identified as Santosh Ramesh Sawant 52 was driving the vehicleThe conductor of the bus was identified as Bhagwan Bhau Ghare 47 they saidIncident took place at busy areaThe incident took place at a usually crowded area when BEST bus of Olectra on route A606 belonging to Vikhroli Depot was at the station road in Bhandup West a busy area with regular pedestrian movementAccording to preliminary information the bus crashed into pedestrians while it was reversing The exact circumstances were being examinedA senior Mumbai Police official said Those injured were shifted to a nearby hospital and the police officials were at the spotFour dead nine injuredDCP Hemrajsingh Rajput of Zone7 Mumbai Police said Four people died and nine were reported to be injured in the incidentAt least four people were killed and nine others injured after a BEST bus crashed into pedestrians on Station Road in Bhandup West on Monday night The accident reportedly occurred while the bus was reversing Emergency services rushed to the spot and the injured were shiftedhellip pictwittercomkdNTUFDAREmdash Mid Day mid_day December 29 2025Emergency services respond quicklySeveral emergency agencies were immediately rushed to the spot These included the Mumbai Fire Brigade MFBlocal police BEST bus staff and 108 Ambulance servicesOfficials said that two injured persons were reported at Rajawadi Hospital following the bus accident at night The injured include one male and one female The woman was declared brought dead while the male is currently receiving medical treatment following the incidentAt Rajawadi Hospital two victims were reported an unknown woman approximately 31 years old was declared brought dead and Prashant Lad 51 male is in critical condition and undergoing treatment officials saidAt MT Agarwal Hospital officials said thatthree persons were brought dead andnine others who are injured were being treatedKurla BEST bus accidentMeanwhile in a similar incident last year on December 9 an electric BEST bus had crashed into several pedestrians and around 22 vehicles The bus had moved around 200 metres before coming to a halt after colliding with a cement gate leading to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagar on SG Barve Marg in Kurla Nine people were killed and 42 others sustained injuries in the accident