BEST bus reverses into commuters, four killed
Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- At least four people died and nine were injured when a Bombay Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) bus reversed into commuters who had queued near a bus stop outside the Bhandup railway station in Mumbai late on Monday.
According to preliminary reports, the driver, whose identity has not been made public, was trying to take a U-turn to go into the adjacent bus depot when he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes. "I heard the sound of a huge crash and ran out of my shop to see some people lying injured on the road," said Bholanath Gupta, who runs a shop next to the bus depot.P8...
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