Truck driver killed as BEST bus crashes into truck in Aarey
MUMBAI, Jan. 2 -- A 30-year-old truck driver died after a BEST wet lease bus collided with the truck in Aarey Milk Colony in the early hours of Thursday. The police said that the bus was speeding when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it skidded and rammed headlong into an oncoming truck. The incident comes just three days after a BEST bus was involved in a fatal accident outside the Bhandup railway station.
According to the Aarey Sub police the incident took place when the driver of the private truck was travelling towards Powai. The police said that the BEST bus, heading from Vikhroli Depot to Borivali Station (East) on the Dinkarrao Desai Marg rammed into the truck hitting the section near the driver's seat.
The bus driver Mohammad Rafiq Shaikh, 48, the bus conductor Ravindra Pandurang Shembadkar, 56, and the truck driver, Cheharaj Thakur, were rushed to the Jogeshwari Trauma Centre where Thakur died during treatment. Shaikh suffered a head injury after the windshield broke and hit him. The bus conductor too sustained minor injuries to his left hand and left leg.
After recording the statements of the truck helper, the police have booked the BEST bus driver under sections 281 (rash, negligent driver), 106 (1) (causing death by negligence), 125 (a) and 125 (b) (acts endangering life or personal safety of others) of the BNS, and other relevant sections of the MV Act.
"We have booked the bus driver after recording eyewitness statements," said senior police inspector Ravindra Patil....
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