Accident at Malabar Hill: 75-yr-old woman killed after getting trapped between BEST bus and car
The incident happened opposite the Sahyadri State Guest House at around 8.45 am when Shah was going to Teen Batti from Malabar Hill club.
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The BEST undertaking said that it will fully cooperate with the police probe and will prevent such accidents in the future.
A 75-year-old woman was killed after she got trapped between a Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) electric bus and a wrongly parked car in the Malabar Hill area on Tuesday.
Neeta Nitin Shah, a South Mumbai resident, came under the rear tyre of the BEST bus when it hit her.
Police have registered a case against the driver of the BEST bus under charges of rash driving and causing death by negligence.
The incident happened opposite the Sahyadri State Guest House at around 8.45 am when Shah was going to Teen Batti from Malabar Hill club.
When the BEST bus was heading towards Kamala Nehru Park, the woman came in between the bus and a Skoda car parked in a no-parking zone, a police officer said.
When the bus hit her, Shah fell down and came under its rear tyre and suffered severe injuries. The police officers rushed the woman to JJ Hospital, where she was declared brought dead.
The bus driver Akshay Avinash Surve, 46, has not been arrested yet.
The police have served him a notice under section 35 (3) of the BNS to appear before them, said a senior inspector Vilas Bhosle of the Malabar Hill police station.
An FIR was registered against Surve at the Malabar Hill police under sections 106 (1) (causing death by negligence), 282 ( rash driving or riding on a public way) of the BNS along with 184 (drives a motor vehicle at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public) and 122 (leaving vehicle in dangerous position) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
The bus is managed by EV Trans under a wet lease arrangement from Mumbai Central Depot.
The BEST undertaking said that it will fully cooperate with the police probe and will prevent such accidents in the future.
“We are deeply saddened by this loss and are fully cooperating with the authorities in their investigation. The safety of pedestrians and our commuters remains our highest priority, and we are committed to reviewing all protocols to prevent such incidents in the future,” a BEST spokesperson said.
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