Drivers on buses wet-leased to the Undertaking are jeopardising public safety and should be stopped immediately, BEST committee members are now saying. The BEST accident that left 13 passengers injured on Saturday has now opened a can of worms with a number of citizens, BEST committee members and activists complaining that drivers of wet-leased buses are known for rash driving, as they are not trained, and need counselling. Such accidents, they said, lend a bad name to the iconic BEST Undertaking.

On Saturday, a BEST mini bus accident near Vikhroli left 13 passengers, many among them women, injured. A BEST spokesperson said at 10.45am, the bus on route number 27 that runs between Bhandup and Worli was on its way to Worli when it met with the accident. "The bus driver swerved to avoid a speeding biker who was coming down the flyover. The vehicle skidded and hit the divider and went into the bushes," the spokesperson added. Of the 13 commuters, four were sent to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, two to Sion Hospital and seven discharged after first aid.