Nine bus passengers miraculously escaped on Tuesday morning when the vehicle rammed into a signal post near Chembur in Mumbai after its driver suffered a heart attack. The driver, identified as Haridas Patil, is undergoing treatment, while passengers are safe Patel was rushed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar.
The bus driver is working for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). The BEST bus was on way from Chembur to Tata Power House when the driver lost control over the wheels near Basant Cinema after suffering a heart attack around 11 am. The bus had 9 passengers on-board, including a policeman, the official from the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport said. The cop on-board called a police van and rushed the bus driver to Rajawadi Hospital at Vidyavihar, he said. ‘All the passengers are secure. The bus driver is undergoing treatment at Rajawadi Hospital, He has regained consciousness and is feeling better,” said a BEST spokesperson.
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, the city civic body's transport wing, has a fleet of around 4,000 buses and provided its service in Mumbai and adjoining areas like Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the BEST buses used to ferry more than 30 lakh passengers every day.
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