India, Aug. 8 -- A 56-year-old BMC sanitation worker was killed after she was run over by a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus while crossing the road at a traffic signal in Mulund West on Friday afternoon. Police said the bus started moving as the signal turned green and the driver allegedly failed to notice the woman before she came under its front wheel.

The accident occurred around 2.35pm at Maharana Pratap Chowk, near the Mulund Check Naka junction.

The deceased, Jayshree Bhanaji Parmar, was employed as a sweeper with the BMC and lived in Mulund. She suffered severe head injuries after coming under the front right wheel of the bus and was rushed to Agarwal Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.

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