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| 'Berserk' India bus driver kills nine in Pune | 'Berserk' India bus driver kills nine in Pune |
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| A bus driver has smashed his vehicle into traffic and pedestrians in the western Indian city of Pune, killing nine people and injuring 27 others. | A bus driver has smashed his vehicle into traffic and pedestrians in the western Indian city of Pune, killing nine people and injuring 27 others. |
| The driver damaged 40 vehicles before the bus was brought to a halt after 30 minutes and police arrested him. | The driver damaged 40 vehicles before the bus was brought to a halt after 30 minutes and police arrested him. |
| The driver, named as Santosh Maruti Mane, "went berserk" on a 25km (17 mile) rampage during the morning rush hour, police said. | The driver, named as Santosh Maruti Mane, "went berserk" on a 25km (17 mile) rampage during the morning rush hour, police said. |
| They are questioning the 30-year-old driver to try to determine a motive. | They are questioning the 30-year-old driver to try to determine a motive. |
| 'Second life' | 'Second life' |
| Mr Mane, who is a driver with the government-run state transport department, arrived at a bus depot early on Wednesday and drove off with an empty bus, police said. | Mr Mane, who is a driver with the government-run state transport department, arrived at a bus depot early on Wednesday and drove off with an empty bus, police said. |
| Eyewitnesses said he drove the vehicle at very high speed and on the wrong side of the road through busy areas, running over pedestrians and smashing into vehicles. | Eyewitnesses said he drove the vehicle at very high speed and on the wrong side of the road through busy areas, running over pedestrians and smashing into vehicles. |
| College student Sharif Ibrahim Kutty was among the two people who jumped into the moving bus and stopped the driver. | |
| Mr Kutty told a local TV channel he started chasing the bus when it ran over a woman and a child and then hit a car. | |
| "There were two policemen on a motorbike, they fired at the bus to try to bring it to a halt, but the bullets missed the tyres. The bus then ran over the policemen and broke through the police barricade. | |
| "On this road, he killed about eight people," Mr Kutty said. | |
| "Then he hit a car again, but before he could accelerate, I jumped into the moving bus. Another man came on board and we dragged the driver out of the bus." | |
| Pune police chief Meeran Borwankar told reporters: "We don't know why the driver behaved like this. He just went berserk. We are trying to find out the reason. | |
| "Citizens came forward and literally threw children away from the road. He was in such a dangerous mood. Ultimately he was held [by police] but the damage has been tremendous," she said. | "Citizens came forward and literally threw children away from the road. He was in such a dangerous mood. Ultimately he was held [by police] but the damage has been tremendous," she said. |
| TV pictures showed smashed cars, cycles and auto-rickshaws that had been hit by the bus. | TV pictures showed smashed cars, cycles and auto-rickshaws that had been hit by the bus. |
| "Whoever came in his way, he just rammed into them," one eyewitness told a news channel. | "Whoever came in his way, he just rammed into them," one eyewitness told a news channel. |
| Another witness said: "I was out jogging, there was a noise, I jumped immediately that is why I was saved. This is my second life, I would have been dead." | Another witness said: "I was out jogging, there was a noise, I jumped immediately that is why I was saved. This is my second life, I would have been dead." |