Five people were injured in a pile-up on the Sion-Panvel highway caused by an MSRTC bus.
Lakhan Raskar, police inspector (crime) of CBD-Belapur police station informed that, the MSRTC bus was ferrying 10 passengers towards Murud. Upon reaching the stretch of highway between Belapur khind (hill pass) and Belapur flyover, the bus driver lost control over the wheels reportedly due to brake failure and crashed into two cars and three auto rickshaws moving ahead. Out of the five injured persons, two auto drivers are reportedly critical. All injured persons have been admitted to MGM hospital, CBD-Belapur, informed the police. The bus halted only after one of the auto rickshaws after being rammed into by the bus crashed into a moving truck ahead and the pathway got blocked or else the brake-failed bus would have moved ahead and either crashed into the media near the flyover or other vehicles ahead.