Pune: The bus driver who had killed nine people and injured 27 in Pune on Wednesday morning was on Saturday sent to the Yerawada mental hospital till February 1.
A local court had directed the police to send the driver, Santosh Mane, to the mental hospital for observation.
The bus driver ran berserk in Pune on Wednesday morning, driving his vehicle in almost a murderous rage running over pedestrians, school children and morning joggers. The rampage went on for almost an hour before the man could be overpowered and arrested.
It was at 8 am on Wednesday when Mane, a driver with the state transport corporation, using a master key to state buses, hijacked a Satara bound bus from the Swargate terminal.
Mane then went berserk, driving in frenzy, most of the times on the wrong side of the road, ramming into vehicles mowing down pedestrians, as the city police joined in the chase on motorcycles. Sharif Kutti, a student who was among those who helped overpower Mane, said that it was a nightmare.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had also termed the incident as unfortunate.
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