Death toll climbs to seven, 43 injured in BEST bus crash

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Six killed, 43 others injured as BEST bus hits pedestrians, vehicles in Mumbai after 'brake failure'



Zeeshan Ansari, an eyewitness, said “I was standing in front of Royal Sweets shop along with my friends when I saw a bus being driven rashly. The bus suddenly dashed into multiple vehicles as well as pedestrians and entered Buddha Colony. We rushed and brought out the bus driver.””Many people were lying in a pool of blood. A crowd assembled at the spot and started moving the injured to hospital,” Ansari said.Zaid Ahmed, a 26-year-old resident of the area, said he was leaving his house to go to the railway station when he heard a loud noise.”I ran to the spot and saw a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, other vehicles, including an autorickshaw and a three cars. I saw some dead bodies in front of my eyes. We rescued the passengers in the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in another three-wheeler. My friends also helped in providing relief to the injured,” Ahmed recounted.Other eyewitnesses said the bus, on route 332 from Kurla to Andheri, also rammed into a police vehicle.



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