15 September,2026 02:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The BEST bus collided with a Mumbai Metro rail pillar in Dindoshi on Monday. PIC/X
A Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus grazed a private car and subsequently collided with a Metro rail pillar near the Oberoi Mall signal in Goregaon East, Mumbai, on Monday evening, leaving two people injured.
The incident took place around 5 pm on Monday, when the BEST bus was plying towards Bhayander Station (East) from Dindoshi Depot on route number 705/36.
According to the BEST accident report, the bus was taking a right turn beneath the flyover at the traffic signal opposite Oberoi Mall when it grazed the rear right side of a private car. The bus subsequently collided with a Mumbai Metro rail pillar.
Two people were injured in the accident. One of them is 58-year-old Rajendra Muralidhar Sonawane, a BEST employee from the engineering department at Dindoshi, who suffered a head injury and required three stitches.
The other injured person has been identified as Mangesh Ramchandra Modlekar, 57, a passenger, who sustained injuries to his chin and head. He required one stitch on his chin and five on his head.
Following the incident, the accident inspector shifted both the injured persons to Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari East for treatment. Another accident special inspector was also deputed to assist in the matter.
A subsequent update issued by BEST at 10.45 pm stated that both the injured persons had been discharged from Trauma Care Hospital, Jogeshwari East, after receiving treatment.
Based on the instructions of Sub-Inspector Rahul Dadas of Vanrai Police Station, the bus was towed by a BEST towing vehicle and parked in front of Vanrai Police Station.
A case was registered against the bus driver based on a complaint filed by the driver of the car.
The latest incident comes days after a 60-year-old woman was killed after she came into contact with the rear tyre of a BEST wet-lease bus at the ST Office traffic signal in Worli on September 7.
According to the BEST Command and Control Centre, the incident occurred around 11.25 am when the bus, operating on route A-154/42, was travelling from Byculla railway station towards Lotus Junction. The bus was halted at the traffic signal while a taxi was standing alongside it.
The woman, identified as Vanmala Sabale, 60, was reportedly alighting from the taxi when the signal turned green. As the bus moved forward, she came into contact with its left rear tyre and sustained severe head injuries. She was taken to Nair Hospital, where doctors declared her dead at around 12.15 pm.
