Navi Mumbai: Chain collision in Vashi involving police van, private car, and BEST buses

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A chain collision involving a police van, a private car, and two BEST buses occurred at the ICL signal (Arenja Circle) in Vashi at around 7 am on Friday, leaving significant damage to the buses and injuring the police van driver. The incident is currently under investigation.

According to a release, bus number 6627(KLD) on route 517/3 was en route from Santacruz station to APMC market when the collision took place. The police van bearing registration number MH-43-AQ-6786 was coming from Ghansoli when it collided with the front left side of the bus. The impact then caused the police van to crash into a nearby private car before colliding head-on with another BEST bus, number 1639(Mul), which was operating on route 512/5, traveling from Nerul to Mulund.

The collision resulted in extensive damage to both of the involved BEST buses. Furthermore, the driver of the police van sustained injuries and was immediately taken to a hospital for medical treatment.

Authorities are now investigating the incident, and the process is aided by the availability of CCTV footage from the area. The footage will be crucial in determining the sequence of events leading up to the collision and establishing any possible contributing factors.

Earlier, in a separate incident, in the first week of July, two persons died in a fatal accident involving two Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses and an autorickshaw. The accident took place near Goregaon check naka bridge on the Western Express Highway. The victims have been identified as Johny Sankharam (42) and Sujata Panchaki (38). According to BEST, the buses involved in the accident were Bus No. 1453 (MH 01 AP 0226) and Bus No. 1862 (MH 01 AP 0746), both of which were en route from Poisar Depot to Ghatkopar Depot for a depot transfer. Bus No. 1453 was driven by Santosh Vishnu Deoolkar (53), while Bus No. 1862 was operated by Santosh Shankar Ghonge (45).

In another incident, in June this year, A 32-year-old man got crushed under a speeding trailer near Suman Nagar in Chembur. The deceased person was identified as Suraj Patil, the son of a retired policeman and a resident of Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai.

According to the police, He daily works in the shop from 10 to 6 pm at Dadar's vegetable market and returns back home on his bike. On the particular night, Suraj was travelling on his bike. When he crossed Suman Nagar junction and reached Eastern Express Highway, a speeding trailer came from behind and dashed him. "The impact was so much that, Suraj came under the vehicle, and his body got severed as he came under the wheels," said a police official from Nehru Nagar police station.