India, June 9 -- A man was killed, and six others were injured after an electric BEST bus ploughed into five vehicles near Plaza Cinema in Dadar on Monday morning, the latest in a series of accidents that have intensified scrutiny of the civic transport undertaking's wet-lease electric fleet.

The accident took place around 9.30 am, when the driver of the single-decker e-bus operating on route A-463 (Dharavi Depot to Plaza Cinema) lost control over the vehicle and crashed into a kaali-peeli taxi, two scooters and two private cars, police said. BEST has set up a four-member committee to investigate the incident, officials said.

The deceased was identified as Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh, 26, a delivery rider from Null Bazaar. Police said the bus ra...