A 55-year-old man, who was among the many a number of individuals injured within the BEST bus accident in Kurla space right here, died on Monday morning, taking the dying toll to eight, a civic official mentioned.
The electrical bus, employed by the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electrical Provide and Transport (BEST) enterprise on wet-lease foundation, ploughed right into a crowd and fatally knocked down seven individuals and injured 42 others on a crowded street in Kurla space on December 9.
A number of automobiles have been additionally broken within the incident.
One of many injured individuals, recognized as Fazlu Rehman, died throughout therapy on the Sion Hospital on Monday morning, the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) mentioned.
BEST has arrange a five-member committee to research the Kurla accident.
Driver Sanjay Extra (54) is in police custody for alleged reckless driving.
In an announcement issued final week, BEST mentioned a committee, headed by Chief Supervisor (Transport) Ramesh Madavi, will examine the accident.
It additionally mentioned that BEST would offer Rs 2 lakh every to the households of those that misplaced their lives and bear therapy bills of the injured.
BEST administration has claimed that Extra acquired three days’ coaching earlier than he was allowed to drive the electrical bus.
RTO officers suspect human error and lack of correct coaching for driving automated transmission buses could possibly be the rationale behind the accident, among the many most horrific involving BEST buses in latest historical past.
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