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The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), was heading to Pune when it dashed into the scooter carrying the three
One dead and two injured after bus dashed their scooter. Representational Image
A 29-year-old man died and his two friends sustained injuries after a state transport bus hit their scooter while on the way to buy flowers for Holi 2025 celebrations in central Mumbai on Thursday, police said, PTI reported.
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The accident took place around 2.30 am on the Prabhadevi bridge when Pranay Bodke, Karan Shinde and Durvesh Gorde were going to Dadar flower market from Kalachowki, an official said.
According to PTI, Shivneri bus, part of the state-owned fleet of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), was heading to Pune when it dashed into the scooter carrying the three, he said.
Bodke died on the spot, while Shinde and Gorde suffered serious injuries. The two were rushed to a private hospital, he said.
Police apprehended the bus driver on the spot. A case has been filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act at the Bhoiwada police station, he added.
Kurla bus accident: BEST GM hands over financial assistance cheques to relatives of victims
SVR Srinivas, holding the additional charge of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply And Transport (BEST) General Manager, on Tuesday presented the first set of cheques of Rs 2 lakh as financial assistance to the three relatives of the victims of the Kurla bus accident, the officials said.
The relatives of deceased Afreen Abdul Salim Shahu (19), Mohammed Islam Mohammed Nizam Ansari (49), and Mehtab Shaikh (22) were handed over cheques on Tuesday, a BEST spokesperson said.
It may be recalled that the accident occurred around 10:30 pm on December 9, when a BEST bus driver on route 332 from Kurla to Andheri lost control of the bus.
It ploughed through pedestrians and vehicles over a 100-meter stretch before crashing into a building wall, killing nine pedestrians and injuring 40 others.
Shocking visuals of minutes before the horrific Kurla BEST bus crash took place showed the horrific accident. The CCTV footage from the BEST bus in the Kurla crash had showed the panic among the passengers present inside the vehicle.
In the CCTV footage of inside the BEST bus and the spot where the accident took place shows panicking commuters inside the bus figuring out as to why the bus was on a rampage.
(With agency inputs)
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