Pilgrimage turns tragic for Fatorda family
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
BELGAUM, SEPT 17
A pilgrimage from Vailakanni ended in tragedy for a Fatorda family, when two family members were killed while four others were injured in a road mishap along the Khanapur-Yellapur highway on Friday afternoon.
CPI Arunkumar Naik of the Khanapur police told Herald that the incident took place 16 kms from Alnavar-Khanapur at about 2.30 pm, when the Goa-based Wagon R (GA-08-3507) and a truck (KA-22-3B-9899) collided with each other along a sharp curve of the highway.
Police identified the deceased as Rosita Louis Rodrigues (63) and Canossa Conception Rodrigues (9), while the injured persons are Maria Conception Rodrigues (42), Conception Louis Rodrigues (43), Chrishola Conception Rodrigues (14) and Kimberly John Pereira (18).
The occupants in the car were returning from Vailankani, while the truck was proceeding towards Mangalore.
Rosita and Canossa died on the spot, while the injured were shifted to the KLES hospital, here, police said.
The two bodies had been sent to the mortuary at the Government District Hospital, here.
A KLES official told Herald that the injured persons were admitted in the hospital at about 5 pm.
“While three persons are seriously injured, the condition of Conception L Rodrigues is stable,” the official said.
Police said the truck driver fled from the site after the mishap and investigations are in progress.
