Team Herald
PONDA: Anuradha Dattatray Padhye (62) from Curti, Ponda, died on Thursday evening after the scooter she was riding pillion was hit by a truck at Patiyekade-Conem-Priol on the Ponda-Panjim highway. She fell onto the road and was crushed under the truck’s rear wheels.
Her son Yogesh, who was riding the two-wheeler, escaped with minor injuries and was taken to Ponda Sub-District Hospital. The Mardol police have detained the truck driver, Bhagwan Vithal Bhosle (38) from Khandepar.
Both vehicles were heading towards Ponda when the truck, while overtaking, hit the scooter, causing it to skid. Anuradha, fell off and was fatally injured.
Locals have been demanding widening of the narrow Conem-Priol national highway.