More drove rashly, endangered lives'

Sanjay More, the driver of the BEST bus which ploughed through numerous pedestrians and vehicles on a busy street in Kurla West on December 9 killing nine persons, was driving the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner, the sessions court observed while rejecting his bail application on January 10.

- Revu Suresh

MUMBAI: The order copy was uploaded on the court's website on Tuesday.

More was driving very rashly "irrespective of the fact that the said road was being used by several others...to endanger their lives", sessions judge VM Pathade observed while refusing him bail.

The incident had occurred at around 9.30pm on December 9 last year, when an Olectra electric bus went out of control on SG Barve Marg and travelled around 200 metres before hitting a boundary wall. More, who was behind the wheels, was employed as a driver with a wet-lease operator contracted by BEST, and he had transitioned from driving manual vehicles to automatic ones after just three training sessions although BEST's standard operating procedures mandated a six-week training period.