India, March 15 -- A 29-year-old rider was killed and two pillion riders seriously injured on Wednesday night when a MSRTC-owned electric bus rammed into their scooter near the Elphistone Bridge in Lower Parel.

According to the Bhoiwada police, the trio - Durvesh Gorade (25), Karan Shinde (29) and Pranay Dagdu Bodake (29) - were on their way to the Dadar flower market when the accident occurred at 2:28am.

The complainant, Jayesh Mayekar (26), stated in his complaint that he along with three others on two two-wheelers were following the scooter that met with the accident. On hearing the collision sound, they stopped and saw their friends lying on the road, bleeding profusely.

"The bus came towards us in a rash manner. It narrowly missed...