Inadequate training and muscle memory of conventional vehicles are what bedevilled BEST bus driver Sanjay More on the night of December 9, leading to the freak accident in Kurla, according to investigators. They also claimed More had only received about five minutes’ training in handling an electric vehicle before being assigned the ill-fated bus route. Police officers revealed that on his first day in police custody, More was too shaken to speak about the incident.

A senior police officer privy to the investigation told mid-day that More, who is responsible for the loss of seven lives, had 33 years’ experience in driving a mini-bus. However, on December 1, he was assigned an EV. “As he was a dab hand at operating mini-buses, his muscle memory seems to have overpowered his brain,” an officer revealed.