Overview
- The collision happened on Wednesday morning when a motorcyclist suddenly crossed the bus’s path, the bus driver braked, and a tanker travelling toward Vashi struck the bus’s right-middle side.
- The impact shattered three right-side window panes and injured four passengers when glass splinters struck them.
- Two injured women were identified as 14-year-old Bhagyashree Khedkar, who suffered a cut below her right eye, and 22-year-old Aditi Koyande, who had bleeding injuries to her right elbow and leg; both were taken to Rajawadi Hospital.
- The bus (registration MH-03-CV-7035) was a wet-leased BEST vehicle on route A-373/32 from the Mulund depot and, along with the tanker, was towed to Tilak Nagar Police Station as officers opened an investigation; no arrests or charges have been reported.
- Recent coverage notes other recent BEST-involved crashes in Mumbai, which places this collision in ongoing questions about bus operations, wet-lease oversight, and urban road safety that officials may now review.