Six injured as bus hits vehicles after brake failure

Assistant police inspector S Kharge said, we have booked the bus driver under IPC Sections 279,337,338 and MV Act 184, 119/177 and arrested him

At least six persons were injured after a Satara-bound Shivshahi bus of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) hit seven vehicles after the driver lost control of the wheels after a brake failure on Sunday evening, said police.

Mangled remains of two four-wheelers after the accident near Bavdhan on Katraj-Dehuroad bypass, on Sunday. (Ravindra Joshi/HT PHOTO)

Vilas Mansingh Jadhav (55) of Wai taluka in Satara district was driving the Borivali-Satara Shivshahi bus when it hit cars and bikes near Pashan lake on the Pune-Mumbai national highway around 5 pm. Police said the injured were immediately shifted to a private hospital.

According to the police, the state transport bus hit two motorcycles and five four-wheelers leaving six persons injured.

Some of the injured have been identified as Vishal Tayappa Nimbalkar (26) of Warje-Malwadi, Amit Zha (35) of Hinjewadi, Kamlesh Mahapure (28) of Alandi, Tanaji Narayan Deshmukh (62) of Kalyan and Kalpana Tanaji Deshmukh (54) of Kalyan.

Assistant police inspector S Kharge said, “We have booked the bus driver under IPC Sections 279,337,338 and MV Act 184, 119/177 and arrested him.”