Mumbai: Death toll rises to 08 in Kurla bus accident

A 55-year-old man died from injuries sustained in a Kurla bus accident, raising the death toll to eight.

The electric bus, hired by the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking on wet-lease basis, ploughed into a crowd and fatally knocked down seven persons and injured 42 others on a crowded road in Kurla area on December 09.

In addition, the accident caused damage to a number of other vehicles.

According to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official, one of the injured, Fazlu Rehman, passed away on Monday morning while receiving treatment.

A five-person team appointed by BEST has been formed to look into the Kurla accident. Police are holding 54-year-old driver Sanjay More on suspicion of reckless driving. It also said that BEST would provide ₹2 lakhs each to the families of those who lost their lives and bear treatment expenses of the injured.

BEST administration has claimed that More received three days’ training before he was allowed to drive the electric bus. RTO authorities believe the accident, which was one of the most horrifying involving BEST buses in recent memory, may have been caused by human error and inadequate training for operating buses with automatic transmissions.

Hindustan Times

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