BEST bus driver injured in Mumbai head-on collision

A BEST bus driver was injured following a head-on collision with a private travel bus in Mumbai’s Mulund West area early Sunday morning. The accident occurred around 5:50 a.m. on LBS Marg, where ongoing Metro construction had restricted traffic to a single lane.

The collision involved a Route 496 bus traveling from SEEPZ toward Teen Hath Naka in Thane. The impact caused the steering wheel to strike the driver, 40-year-old Sandeep Namdev Karande, resulting in injuries to his abdomen and right leg. A minor fire also broke out in the vehicle's bonnet, which the bus conductor extinguished using an onboard fire extinguisher.

Karande was transported to Agarwal Hospital in Mulund. Authorities reported that he remained conscious and is in stable condition while receiving treatment.