Mumbai: BEST bus driver suffers heart attack, bus hits signal, passengers safe

Haridas Patel was driving a single-decker BEST bus, which runs on the Ghatkopar bus depot and Chembur’s Tata Power House route

A bus driver working for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) suffered a heart attack in Mumbai on Tuesday while driving a vehicle.

The bus hit the traffic signal after he lost control of the vehicle. (Sourced)

Haridas Patel was driving a single-decker BEST bus, which runs on the Ghatkopar bus depot and Chembur’s Tata Power House route.

Patel, who suffered the hear attack, lost control of the vehicle, when the bus was approaching Basant Park Signal in Chembur.

The bus hit the traffic signal after he lost control of the vehicle.

Fortunately, no passenger in the bus was injured.

Patel was rushed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar.

“He has regained consciousness and is feeling better,” said a BEST spokesperson.