Overview
- The four-bus collision that hit Andheri West Thursday left conductor Shekhar Baburao Rawate dead, according to officials.
- Traffic had stalled after a fallen tree, leaving three BEST city buses stationary, when a wet-lease bus on route 251 allegedly failed to stop and rammed them from behind.
- Rawate had stepped out to check the jam near the Rajkumar stop on JP Road and was crushed between buses, then was declared dead at Cooper Hospital around 1:35 pm.
- Police said no passengers were hurt, and civic and traffic crews cleared the buses and removed the tree as officers opened an inquiry using CCTV and witness statements.
- Investigators have listed the stranded buses by route and number, and noted the striking coach was a BEST wet-lease bus, an outsourced service run by a private operator that will face scrutiny in the probe.