Published on: Dec 30, 2025 02:20 am IST The death toll from a BEST bus accident at Bhandup station has risen to four, with nine others injured. Death toll rose to four as Mumbai’s civic-run transport undertaking Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus mowed over passengers while reversing outside Bhandup suburban railway station at around 10.03 pm on Monday. A BEST official told Hindustan Times that while Sawant was driving the bus at the time of the accident, conductor Bhagwan Bhau Ghare was also aboard the vehicle.(Raju Shinde/Hindustan Times) Apart from the four casualties, nine others are severely injured. Senior police inspector Balasaheb Pawar said that the police team soon reached the spot and rushed the injured to the hospital. Fire brigade, BEST and ambulances were also activated to reach the site. Here are the key points of the accident:- The 52-year-old driver, Santosh Ramesh Sawant has been taken into police custody, police personnel from the deputy commissionerate of police told Hindustan Times. The Wetlease Bus olecra used to run on route number A …