Mumbai: A 47-year-old JCB driver was seriously injured after being hit by a BEST bus while crossing the road near JVLR Junction on the Eastern Express Highway in Vikhroli East on Sunday evening. The incident took place around 7.40 pm on Sunday when Ataur Rahman Qureshi, who is a JCB driver and works at the Kanjurmarg dumping ground, was crossing the road leading towards Kanjurmarg. A BEST bus, travelling towards Thane, allegedly knocked him down.
Based on a complaint lodged by his brother-in-law, Shadab Qureshi, the police registered a case against the BEST bus driver, identified as Pradeep Shankar Buge (32), a resident of Jogeshwari Bus Depot, for allegedly driving rashly and negligently and causing the accident. Qureshi sustained serious injuries to the back of his head and the right side of his chest. He was initially taken to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Vikhroli with the help of traffic police and was later shifted by ambulance to Sion Hospital , where he is undergoing treatment.