Kurla Accident: Loss of life Toll Rises To Seven, 49 Injured After Mumbai BEST Bus Crashes Into Pedestrians, Automobiles | Video
A minimum of seven individuals died, and 49 others have been injured after a BEST bus in Mumbai bumped into pedestrians and autos on Monday evening, officers confirmed. The incident occurred close to the BMC L Ward in Kurla, officers stated. Police suspect a brake failure induced the crash. The 50-year-old bus driver named Sanjay Extra has been detained.
The incident unfolded at 9.30 p.m. when a BEST bus going from Kurla railway station to Andheri veered off track, crashing via pedestrians and autos earlier than barreling right into a residential society, Buddha Colony, the place it lastly got here to a cease, officers stated. The allegedly drunk driver had misplaced management of the wheels close to route quantity 332. The bus mowed down a minimum of 25 autos, together with a police jeep.
“It dashed into numerous autos over a 100-metre stretch and the RCC column of Solomon constructing. The home windows of the bus broke on affect. Locals roughed up the driving force,” an official stated.
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Mumbai Bus Accident Replace: 4 Useless, 25 Injured, Together with Police Officers
The tragic bus accident in Mumbai claimed 4 lives, together with 3 ladies and 1 man, with 25 others injured and receiving therapy at Bhabha Hospital. Among the many injured are 3 police personnel in essential… pic.twitter.com/3Mu8pk0xgR
— IANS (@ians_india) December 9, 2024
Maharashtra CM Pronounces Ex Gratia To Deceased’s Kin
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the lack of lives within the incident. He additionally prayed for the speedy restoration of the injured.
In a message on X, Fadnavis introduced Rs 5 lakh monetary support for every sufferer’s household from the Chief Minister’s Reduction Fund. He added that medical bills for the injured could be lined by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company and BEST endeavor.
“We stand with the households of those that misplaced their lives on this unlucky incident. I pray for the speedy restoration of the injured,” Fadnavis stated.
Eyewitnesses Recount Horror
Zaid Ahmed, a 26-year-old native resident, described the chaos after listening to a loud noise as he was leaving for the railway station. “I ran to the spot and noticed a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, different autos, together with an autorickshaw and three vehicles. I noticed some lifeless our bodies in entrance of my eyes. We rescued the passengers within the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in one other three-wheeler. My associates additionally helped in offering aid to the injured,” he informed PTI.
“Many individuals have been mendacity in a pool of blood. A crowd assembled on the spot and began shifting the injured to hospital,” added Zeeshan Ansari, one other eyewitness.
Ansari stated he was close to Royal Sweets store with associates when he noticed the bus being pushed recklessly. “The bus all of a sudden dashed into a number of autos in addition to pedestrians and entered Buddha Colony. We rushed and introduced out the bus driver,” he stated.
A number of eyewitnesses cited by IANS claimed the driving force was ‘laughing and having fun with his demise drive.’
‘Driver Panicked, Pressed Accelerator As a substitute of Break’
Shiv Sena MLA Dilip Lande said that the driving force of the BEST bus concerned in Monday evening’s deadly accident at SG Barve Marg in Kurla West, Mumbai, panicked in the course of the incident. Lande claimed the driving force mistakenly pressed the accelerator as a substitute of the brake. The crash resulted in 4 deaths and round 25 accidents.
‘A bus which left from Kurla Station, its brake received failed and the driving force misplaced the management of the bus. Driver received scared and as a substitute of urgent the brake, he pressed the accelerator and the pace of the bus elevated. He could not management the bus and rammed into 30-35 individuals. 3 individuals died, 4 persons are in critical situation.” Dilip Lande informed reporters.
#WATCH | Dilip Lande, Shiv Sena MLA says, ” A bus which left from Kurla Station, its brake received failed and the driving force misplaced the management of the bus. Driver received scared and as a substitute of urgent the brake, he pressed the accelerator and the pace of the bus elevated. He could not… https://t.co/aYuqFfk6Ks pic.twitter.com/wLu8iqXsJX
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2024
The deceased have been recognized as Kaniz Fatema Ansari, 55, Afreen A. Shaikh, 19, Anam Shaikh, 18, and Shivam Kashyap, 18.
