
MUMBAI, MAY 27: A 20-year-old college student died in a freak accident while boarding a BEST bus at Santacruz west this morning.
Mistesh Shah, a student of Hinduja College left his residence at Parel this morning to visit a friend at Juhu. He boarded a bus route No 231 at Santacruz bus depot.
Even as the Juhu-bound bus was negotiating a curve near the bus depot, Shah was partially thrown out of the back door of the bus. Even before he could recover from the fall he was hit by a double-decker bus moving in from the opposite direction.
Shah was rushed to Cooper Hospital with skull injuries and was declared dead before admission.
The accident had lead to commotion near the depot after the driver did not halt the bus following the accident.