A 25-year-old two-wheeler rider misplaced his life in a collision involving BEST’s wet-lease bus close to the Shivaji Nagar Junction Freeway bus cease late Saturday night time.
The incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. when the bus, working on Route 375, was travelling in the direction of Kurla bus depot from Shivaji Nagar. The 2-wheeler rider, recognized as Dikshit Vinod Rajput, out of the blue got here into contact with the best rear tyre of the bus.
Rajput suffered a extreme head harm in the course of the collision.
Native police arrived promptly and transported the injured rider to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, however he was declared useless on arrival at 12:16 a.m. The motive force Vinod Aabaji Rankhambe (39) was taken into police custody.
The bus was working from Shivaji Nagar Depot beneath the wet-lease mannequin, managed by the BVG group. Authorities from the BVG group, together with BEST officers have mentioned that they’re cooperating with the continuing investigation.
The police are reviewing the circumstances resulting in the accident to find out duty.
The incident comes days after 7 folks misplaced their lives in a large accident the place a BEST bus driver misplaced management and ran over 22 autos in Kurla.
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