A 16-year-old girl was crushed to death between two BEST buses near the Worli depot on Tuesday when one bus dashed into the other as the driver was reversing the vehicle. While the driver, Gautam Bhalerao, has told the cops that the girl was speaking on her phone using earphones and could not hear the horn, an eyewitness has said that it was the driver’s mistake. The Dadar police have registered a case in the matter and arrested the driver for negligence. However, he was later released on bail.

The deceased girl has been identified as Priti Manoj Kori, who was a resident of Worli village and an HSC student at Rizvi College. Speaking to mid-day, Priti’s father Manoj Kori said, “The incident happened on Tuesday morning around 11.20 am when Priti was returning from her tuition classes. The driver was taking the bus in reverse when my daughter and four other people were passing from behind. Though the others managed to save themselves, Priti got crushed between two buses and received severe head injuries.”