Mumbai: Seven injured as BEST bus collides with tempo on Airoli Bridge

Seven people were injured on Thursday morning in a collision between a BEST bus and a tempo on Airoli Bridge officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidAccording to the BMC the incident was first reported at 1005 am with updates received at 1230 pm from the Assistant Medical Officer AMO of Veer Savarkar Hospital Mulund All seven injured were taken to the hospital for treatment Two were admitted to the Male Surgical Ward and are reported to be in stable condition while five others were treated on an outpatient basisBEST officials later clarified that the accident occurred around 645 am near the Bhandup Pumping Signal on Vasantrao Naik Marg The bus operating on route number 49231 from Bhoomi Acres in Thane to Majas Depot was struck by an oncoming tempo MH03CV8123 traveling from Bhandup towards VashiTwo passengers from the bus and five occupants of the tempo sustained injuries One passenger from the bus and one from the tempo were admitted to Veer Savarkar Hospital while the remaining five received first aid and were later discharged the BEST officials saidAccording to BEST officials the injured have been identified as Sagar Rajaram Jadhav 30 and Anandkumar Sairam Sharma 64 from the bus and Durgadas Nagesh Devkar 54 Rajesh Kumar Mithailal Jaiswal 54 Gulab Chinilal Jaiswal 72 Sanjay Shyamlal Jaiswal 37 and Ramesh Bechenlal Gupta 34 the tempo driverThe incident has been registered at Navghar Police Station Mulund based on the statement of tempo driver Ramesh Gupta An FIR No 4322025 has been filed against the bus driver Santosh Patil under Sections 125 125a 125b and 281 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles ActAuthorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the collisionBMW overturns inside Mumbais Coastal Road tunnel slows down trafficIn another incident a speeding BMW car overturned inside a tunnel of Mumbais Coastal Road slowing down traffic for a while officials said on WednesdayNo one was injured in the accident that took place near Tardeo on the southbound arm of the road on Tuesday night they saidA video of the accident went viral on social mediaMumbai traffic police had alerted motorists about the accident through a post on XTraffic Movement Is Slow At Coastal Road Tardeo South Bound Due To BMW Car Accident they wroteThe car was removed from the spot by the traffic police Later they shared another post about the resumption of vehicular movement on the roadOfficials said a probe into the accident is underwayWoman killed man injured as unidentified vehicle hits motorbike in ThaneMeanwhile a woman was killed and a man suffered injuries when an unidentified vehicle knocked down their motorbike in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Monday reported PTIThe accident occurred around 1130 pm on Sunday beneath a skywalk bridge near Vijay Garden housing society on Ghodbunder Road they said reported PTIThe man and the woman were returning from a party when an unidentified vehicle hit their twowheeler an official from Kasarwadavali police station saidThe woman identified as Swati who was riding pillion fell under the wheels of the offending vehicle and suffered severe head injuries She died on the spot the official said reported PTIThe man suffered a fracture in his hand and was rushed to a local hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment he saidThe body was shifted to a hospital for a postmortemThe police were searching for the offending vehicle and its driver the official saidWith inputs from PTI