Overview
- A BEST electric bus from the Oshiwara depot failed to negotiate a right turn and reversed into 43-year-old Atul Anant Padave on Wednesday morning, around 8:30 a.m., trapping him between the bus and a large tree planter.
- Members of the public pushed the bus to free Padave, and during that rescue the vehicle moved, the driver lost control, and the bus struck two parked motorcycles and an autorickshaw.
- Padave suffered blunt injuries to both thighs and was rushed to a Mulund hospital for treatment, with reports naming M. T. Agrawal/Agarwal Hospital as the receiving facility.
- BEST sent a special bus inspector to the scene and Bhandup Police began formal registration of the case as officials probe the driver’s actions, vehicle handling and adherence to safety protocols.
- The crash has renewed focus on repeated BEST-bus incidents and raises questions about reversing maneuvers, driver training and monitoring in narrow, congested residential areas that could prompt tighter operational checks.