Around 10.30 om on Monday, as the visuals of the accident involving a BEST bus in Bhandup surfaced on television and social media, family members of Sheetal Hadve, who works as a security guard, became anxious as she would return from work around the same time.
Soon, they were informed by the police control room that Sheetal was among the eight persons injured when the bus ran over pedestrians outside Bhandup station in the eastern suburbs of the city, killing four.
The injured are admitted in various hospitals, with many of them suffering severe injuries.
Ravindra Ghadigaonkar, a security guard posted at private bank in Dadar, is currently recuperating in the ICU of Hira Mongi Hospital in Mulund after sustaining severe internal injuries. At the time of the incident, he was returning home from work.
“I shifted my father to Hira Mongi private hospital in Mulund after the doctor advised that there were no facilities in Agarwal Hospital as was is recently opened. My sister borrowed Rs 1 lakh from relatives and we paid a deposit in Hira Mongi as my father’s condition was very bad,” said 20-year-old Shubham, son of the injured victim.
“The doctor said my father had suffered internal fractures. He got severe injuries on the entire right side of his body and head,” Ghadigaonkar’s daughter Shejal said.
Ghadigaonkar is the sole earning member of the family. Shubham is a third-year BSc student. His younger daughter recently secured a job in an insurance firm, while his elder daughter is married and lives with her in-laws.
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Jyoti Shirke
Jyoti Shirke, 57, a senior nurse working at a private hospital in Girgaon, suffered a fractured left leg and received three stitches on her head. She was returning home after work.
“I was standing in the queue like others and waiting for the bus. The incident occurred in a few seconds, and before I could realise anything, I was not able to stand. People helped me and made me sit on the footpath. I called my brother Rajesh Shirke, who came and brought me to Agarwal Hospital in an auto and admitted me here,” said Shirke.
Mangesh Dhukhande
Mangesh Dhukhande, 52, had reached Bhandup railway station early but waited there for around 20 minutes to get his mobile phone charged. He the stepped out and joined passengers waiting for the bus.
“It was hardly three to four minutes after I stood in the queue when the bus came and ran over us. I suffered injuries on both knees and my head. I also got injuries on other parts of my body,” said Dhukhande.
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Dhukhande works as a freelance marketer and sells hospital accessories. His wife is employed at a private hospital in Mira Road, and has two daughters.
Dinesh Sawant
Dinesh Sawant, 48, is currently admitted to Meena’s Hospital in Bhandup after suffering blunt injuries to his back, legs, and other parts of his body.
“I was talking to my sister-in-law on the phone and waiting in the queue to board the bus. Suddenly, the bus was taking a turn and ran over the people standing in the queue. I was the last person in the queue, and when the bus hit me, I fell down and was dragged a few metres away,” said Sawant.
He was taken to Agarwal Hospital before being shifted for further treatment.
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Sawant’s wife Jyoti said they shifted him to a private hospital for better treatment.
Sawant, who works with a security agency, is posted at a prominent newspaper office in South Mumbai. He was on his weekly off and was returning home when the accident occurred.
Narayan Kamble
Narayan Kamble, 58, who works at a garage in CST, reached Bhandup railway station around 9:25 pm and was standing in the queue for the bus.
“Everything happened in a few seconds. It was very scary. When the bus was removed from the accident site and we were dragged outside, I saw people crying because of severe injuries,” said Kamble from his hospital bed at Agarwal Hospital, Mulund.
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Kamble, who sustained a fracture in his left leg, has two sons and a daughter.
Ramdas Shankar Rupe
On Monday night, the son of Ramdas, who works as a control panel painter in Goregaon, was at their Bhandup home, waiting for his call on his location and when he would return home.
When Ramdas did not call, his son Yash tried his phone twice, there was no response. Later the family learnt about the accident.
“In a coincidence, our neighbour too was near the bus stand where my dad was waiting for the bus. He escaped, and he stayed with my father,” said Yash, waiting at Sion Hospital where his father was admitted.
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Despite having felt the impact of the bus accident, Ramdas was not heavily injured. He was taken to M T Agarwal hospital initially and given emergency treatment.
“His scans and tests are fine,” said Yash, adding, “he possibly has a concussion and nerve damage, and hence is being kept at the hospital.”
Sheetal Prakash Hadve
Sheetal, 39, works as a security guard at Kanjurmarg. Taken to M T Agarwal Hospital, Sheetal was given emergency care. But the family were increasingly worried. “Sheetal needed further treatment, of CT scans and more, which the hospital did not have. So we had to shift her to Sion Hospital at 1am, while she was in pain,” her siste Poonam said. As per the Sion Hospital, she sustained injuries on her forehead, eye, knee and lip, and was being administered treatment.
