A quick intervention a local lawyer and later the police saved the BEST bus driver who was allegedly assaulted by an angry mob after the electric vehicle driven by him ran amok and killed seven people and injured at least 42 on a busy road in Kurla on Monday night.

Ashif Hussain, 30, a resident of the area near the accident site on S.G. Barve Road, was among the first to respond following the Kurla BEST bus crash.