Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- At least four people died and nine were injured when a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) bus reversed into passengers who had queued up to catch a bus outside the Bhandup railway station at 10.05 pm on Monday. According to preliminary reports, the driver, identified as Santosh Ramesh Sawant, 52, was trying to take a U-turn to go into the adjacent bus depot when he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes, and rammed into the queue. "I heard the sound of a huge crash and ran out of my shop to see some people lying injured on the road; the bus too had been damaged," said Bholanath Gupta who runs a farsan shop next to the bus depot. The deceased were identified as Varsha Sawant, 25; Pranita Rasam, 45; Mansi Gurav, 48; and Prashant Shinde, 45. The nine injured were admitted to Rajawadi Hospital and MT Agrawal Hospital, said a police officer. The bus driver was detained and the process to register an FIR against him was underway, the officer added. The nine-metre air-conditioned Olectra bus that has been running on wet lease plies on the 606 Ring Road route that goes from Nagardas Nagar to Bhandup station, confirmed a BEST spokesperson. An officer from the Bhandup police station said the lane right outside the Bhandup railway station is one of the most congested in the suburb, with hawkers occupying most of the path, leaving no option for pedestrians but to walk on the road. "BEST passengers who queue up have no place and are forced to stand on the crowded road. There is a skywalk for pedestrians," he added, "but few people take it as both the bus stand and the auto stand are right under it." P5...