# Mumbai bus crash kills at least six after driver loses control in Kurla
A BEST bus smashed into vehicles and pedestrians in Mumbai on December 9, killing at least six people, injuring dozens and triggering a chaotic scene in the city’s Kurla area.
By NeoTechNews Desk
Event date: 2024-12-09
A city bus rammed into vehicles and pedestrians in Mumbai’s Kurla area on December 9, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, according to DW’s report based on police and local media accounts. The crash happened at about 9:30 p.m. local time in the eastern suburb and involved a bus run by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking, better known as BEST. Police said the death toll could still rise, while local media reported that at least 40 other people appeared to have been injured.
The sequence was chaotic. According to the report, the driver lost control, struck autorickshaws and motorcycles and hit pedestrians before ramming into a gate. Eyewitnesses said the scene quickly turned into confusion as people did not understand what had happened. A crowd chased the bus, detained the driver and manhandled him until police arrived. That detail points to the speed of the incident: in a dense city street, the collision became a public order event almost as soon as it became a traffic disaster.
The victims were reported to be between 18 and 55 years old. Injured people were taken to nearby hospitals by locals and authorities, while teams were deployed to the site and large crowds gathered. Police detained the driver, and BEST said initial reports showed he had lost control of the vehicle. The Quick Response Team and Rapid Action Force were also deployed to disperse the crowd. Those actions suggest the scene was still unstable after the immediate collision, with emergency workers having to treat casualties while managing a surging bystander response.
The source packet also places the crash in a wider road-safety context. Road accidents are common in India, the report said, and the country has a long record of traffic fatalities linked to negligent driving and poor road conditions. From 2014 to 2023, more than 1.5 million lives were lost to road accidents. That background does not explain the Kurla crash, but it does show why a single bus collision can quickly become national news in a country where transport safety is already a serious public concern.
What happened in Mumbai was therefore more than a local collision. A public bus, moving through one of India’s largest cities, hit a string of road users and ended in a crash that left at least six people dead and many others injured. The physical scene, the crowd reaction and the rapid deployment of police and emergency units all point to a severe urban incident rather than a minor traffic mistake.
The report does not say whether the bus suffered a mechanical failure, whether weather or road conditions played a role, or whether any additional charges may follow. What it does establish is that a BEST bus driver lost control, the bus struck multiple people and vehicles, and the aftermath was serious enough to require multiple emergency agencies. For the families of the dead and injured, that was enough to turn an ordinary commute into a night of loss.
