India, Dec. 30 -- A delayed local train spared a Mumbai commuter from a fatal accident outside Bhandup railway station, where a BEST bus rammed into passengers queued at a bus stop, killing at least four people and injuring nine others on late Monday night.

Santosh Shelar, who regularly takes the 606 bus from Bhandup station to Narth Nagar Ayush, was talking to HT when he said he usually reaches the station between 9.45pm and 9.50pm. However, on Tuesday, his train was delayed, and he arrived around 10.05pm - minutes after the crash.

"I am shocked by what I saw there," Shelar said, adding that until about a month ago, a mini bus operated on the route and was recently replaced with a new air-conditioned bus.

The accident occurred at arou...