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3d ago

BEST Wet-Lease E-Bus Runs Over 22-Year-Old Near IIT Powai

Police booked the driver under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following an arrest, with CCTV review underway.

A motorcyclist was trying to avoid a pothole when the bike slipped, causing the pillion rider to be crushed under a bus’s wheel. (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)
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Overview

  • Devansh Bharat Patel, 22, died and rider Swapnil Vishwakarma was injured when their scooter fell near the IIT Market bus stop in Powai.
  • The crash occurred around 6:55 a.m. on route A-422 involving an EV Trans–operated electric bus from BEST’s Vikhroli Depot.
  • BEST’s initial account says the scooter slipped while avoiding a pothole after the rider was startled by a car, causing both men to fall.
  • Patel was taken by police to Rajawadi Hospital and declared dead before admission at 8:20 a.m., while Vishwakarma received treatment at a private Powai hospital.
  • Powai police arrested driver Uttam Kumkar, issued a notice, and registered a case under BNS provisions as BEST and police examine footage and probe the incident.