Click to play videoPune: At least nine people were killed and 27 injured when an angry staffer of the government bus service hijacked a state transport (ST) bus and went on a rampage through the streets of Pune on Wednesday, police said.
Meeran Borwankar, Commissioner, Pune Police, said, "The man went berserk. He went on ramming the vehicles plying on the road, he was in a dangerous mood. He killed 8 people and injured 27."
The incident happened shortly before 8 am when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) driver Santosh Mane suddenly climbed into a Pune-Satara-Pune bus and zoomed off onto the road outside the Swargate ST Depot, driving at a high speed on the wrong side of the road, taking the oncoming vehicles and people unawares.
From there, he sped off for nearly 25 km, ramming stationary or moving vehicles on the route and crushing or knocking off pedestrians before he was nabbed by a police party at Dandekar Flyover, the official said.
Fire brigade and local residents helped police to bring the vehicle under control and rush the victims to nearby hospitals.
(With additional inputs from IANS)
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