Overview
- The collision occurred around 6:20 am near Gate No. 5 in Aarey Colony as a bus from Vikhroli depot toward Borivali East struck a private truck.
- Emergency crews extricated the 30-year-old truck driver, who later died at Jogeshwari’s Trauma Care Hospital, while the bus driver and conductor sustained injuries.
- Mumbai Traffic Police reported slow movement after the crash and said traffic was cleared roughly an hour later.
- BEST officials said the vehicle was a wet‑lease electric bus operated by EV Trans on route A‑478, with both the driver and conductor being BEST employees.
- Initial accounts cited a rain‑slick road and a truck losing control, but police later recorded eyewitness statements and registered a negligence case against the bus driver.