Lucky escape for driver, cleaner
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
OLD GOA, JUNE 9
A trailer driver and a cleaner from Mumbai had a lucky escape, after the vehicle rammed against a tree along the Kadamba highway at Old Goa on Tuesday night.
According to Old Goa police, the accident occurred when trailer driver Nitin Sapre (25) and cleaner Gorak Patil (37) were proceeding in their trailer (MH-06-A-Q-335) from Maharashtra towards Ponda. On reaching along the Kadamba highway at Old Goa, the trailer driver rammed the vehicle against a tree.
The impact of the accident was such that Patil was flung out of the vehicle, but lucky to have sustained minor injuries. Patil is recuperating at GMC Hospital in Bambolim.
Nitin too sustained minor injuries. The fire Brigade officials had to cut open the steering to pull Nitin out of the vehicle. The front portion of the trailer was completely damaged.
Old Goa police have registered the case under Motor Vehicles Act and is investigating the case.
