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MARGAO: A scooter rider was killed, and his pillion grievously injured when a speeding car hit the two-wheeler on NH-66 near Utorda Bypass Road on Thursday evening. The car, bearing temporary registration number MH-14-TCM-605, was driven by Prashant Gaikwad, a resident of Raigad, Maharashtra. According to sources, Gaikwad is a social media influencer and had allegedly come down to Goa to shoot ‘reels’ to promote the newly-launched car.
The Verna police said that the driver was allegedly driving rashly and negligently, endangering human life while traveling from Margao toward Panjim. Near the Utorda bypass, the car veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with the scooter
The scooter rider, identified as Sitaram Karapurkar of Bhat Pawni, Pernem, and the pillion rider, Ravindra Kumar Singh, a native of Jharkhand, suffered severe injuries. Tragically, the rider succumbed to his injuries at South Goa District Hospital in Margao.
The accused driver, Prashant Gaikwad, was arrested but later released on bail.