Overview
- A driverless BEST electric bus, which rolled backward on Sunday outside Bhandup railway station, crashed into a food stall with no injuries reported.
- Eyewitness video shows the unmanned bus gathering speed in reverse before striking the stall as bystanders pulled a woman away to safety.
- Reports name the driver as Sharad Suryavanshi, who had parked at the terminal to check in for a break when the vehicle began to drift.
- BEST officials say an investigation is looking at brake or other mechanical failure and also possible human error.
- The bus was a nine-metre Olectra Greentech model on Route 606 from Vikhroli Depot, the same route and model tied to a deadly December 2025 crash near the site.