<p>Mumbai: An eyewitness to the BEST bus crash in Mumbai said the bus swerved over a stretch of 200 metres before hitting several vehicles and pedestrians, claiming six lives and leaving more than 40 other persons injured.</p>.<p>The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking said the accident took place on Monday night in Kurla West area after the driver lost control over the bus.</p>.<p>After ploughing through pedestrians and vehicles, entered into a residential society, Buddha Colony, and came to a halt, officials said.</p>.Two trainee pilots killed, two injured in car accident in Pune district.<p>Kurla resident Zaid Ahmed said he was leaving his house to go to the railway station when he heard a loud noise.</p>.<p>"I ran to the spot and saw a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, other vehicles, including an autorickshaw and a three cars. I saw some dead bodies in front of my eyes," he said.</p>.<p>The driver was speeding and the bus swerved for about 200 metres before it dashed into multiple vehicles on the road, the 26-year-old local resident said.</p>.<p>"We rescued passengers from the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in another three-wheeler. My friends also helped in providing relief to the injured," Ahmed recounted.</p>.<p>Other eyewitnesses said the bus, which was plying on route number 332 from Kurla to Andheri, also rammed into a police vehicle.</p>.<p>The bus was a 12-metre long electric vehicle manufactured by Olectra and it had been taken by BEST on wet lease, an official said.</p>.<p>The drivers of such buses are supplied by the private operator, he said.</p>.<p>"The bus was just three months old. It was registered on August 20 this year in the name of a company called EVEY Trans," an official from Tardeo Regional Transport Office (RTO) said.</p>
<p>Mumbai: An eyewitness to the BEST bus crash in Mumbai said the bus swerved over a stretch of 200 metres before hitting several vehicles and pedestrians, claiming six lives and leaving more than 40 other persons injured.</p>.<p>The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking said the accident took place on Monday night in Kurla West area after the driver lost control over the bus.</p>.<p>After ploughing through pedestrians and vehicles, entered into a residential society, Buddha Colony, and came to a halt, officials said.</p>.Two trainee pilots killed, two injured in car accident in Pune district.<p>Kurla resident Zaid Ahmed said he was leaving his house to go to the railway station when he heard a loud noise.</p>.<p>"I ran to the spot and saw a BEST bus had hit pedestrians, other vehicles, including an autorickshaw and a three cars. I saw some dead bodies in front of my eyes," he said.</p>.<p>The driver was speeding and the bus swerved for about 200 metres before it dashed into multiple vehicles on the road, the 26-year-old local resident said.</p>.<p>"We rescued passengers from the autorickshaw and took them to Bhabha Hospital in another three-wheeler. My friends also helped in providing relief to the injured," Ahmed recounted.</p>.<p>Other eyewitnesses said the bus, which was plying on route number 332 from Kurla to Andheri, also rammed into a police vehicle.</p>.<p>The bus was a 12-metre long electric vehicle manufactured by Olectra and it had been taken by BEST on wet lease, an official said.</p>.<p>The drivers of such buses are supplied by the private operator, he said.</p>.<p>"The bus was just three months old. It was registered on August 20 this year in the name of a company called EVEY Trans," an official from Tardeo Regional Transport Office (RTO) said.</p>