A 28-year-old food delivery executive, who was the sole breadwinner of his family and was set to travel to Uttar Pradesh next week for marriage discussions, was killed after a BEST bus driver allegedly lost control and rammed into multiple vehicles near Plaza Cinema junction in Dadar on Monday morning at 10.45 am. The victim, identified as Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh, suffered severe injuries in the crash and was rushed to Sion Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Six others were injured in the incident.

Eyewitness account

According to local resident Amit Chavan, Shaikh was critically injured when the BEST bus crashed into a four-wheeler and a two-wheeler near Plaza Cinema. “Despite calls being made to the emergency 108 ambulance service, heavy traffic delayed its arrival. Finally, we had to call police personnel, who then transported him to Sion Hospital in their police vehicle,” said Chavan.