Five people were injured in a chain-reaction pile-up at the Bhakti Park traffic signal near the Wadala Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Mumbai on Monday evening, November 9, after a wet-leased bus operated by Chalo rammed into two cars waiting at a red light, news agency ANI reported, quoting a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) official.

According to the BEST Public Relations Officer (PRO), a BEST bus running from Colaba Depot towards Gavangaon had halted at the red signal, with two passenger cars waiting stationary directly behind it. A wet-leased 'Chalo' operator bus approaching from behind rammed into the rear-most vehicle, triggering the chain collision.

Source: ANI

Under the severe impact, both cars were heavily mangled, and the leading car was pushed directly underneath the rear section of the stationary BEST bus, trapping its occupants inside the crushed metal, ANI reported.

Local police rushed to the scene on receiving distress alerts and pressed heavy-duty cranes into service to separate the crushed vehicles, free the trapped occupants and clear the roadway for traffic.

A total of five people and a pet dog sustained injuries in the pile-up, the BEST PRO said, and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention. News agency PTI, in its report on the same crash, put the number of injured at six.

Source: PTI via Daily World

Police said a further investigation into the incident is underway. The condition of the injured and any case registered against the Chalo bus driver had not been officially detailed in the wire reports at the time of publication.