India, June 11 -- The electric bus involved in the June 8 accident in Dadar West that killed one person did not suffer a brake malfunction or any other technical fault, according to preliminary checks conducted by a team of officers from the regional transport office (RTO) in Tardeo on Wednesday.

The possibility of human error appears higher at this stage, officials from the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking said, while stressing that the final investigation report is still being prepared.

The 9-metre-long electric bus, hired on a wet-lease basis from operator EV Trans Pvt Ltd, rammed into five vehicles near Plaza Cinema in Dadar before crashing into a crane at a bridge construction site. A 26-year-old del...