CALANGUTE: The beaches across North Goa kept the lifesavers on their toes over the weekend as incidents of visitors sustaining injuries in scuffles and children being reunited with their families were reported.
In the first incident reported at Morjim beach, a 26-year-old woman from Bardez, injured her back after falling in the waters and reportedly sustained a spinal injury. She was rescued by lifesavers and handed over to medical personnel.
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In another incident, a 41-year-old man from Mapusa was injured in a scuffle with a tourist at Baga beach, while two persons, including a woman tourist, were treated for injuries caused by cuts from glass bottles in two separate incidents at Baga beach,.
A 36-year-old man from Karnataka was accidentally hit on the head with a glass bottle thrown by another group of tourists swimming nearby, sustaining a cut to his head at Baga beach. A woman from Nashik suffered a minor cut to her leg after stepping on a sharp object while wading into the waters off Baga beach.
Two missing children were reunited with their parents and a missing adult was reunited with his friends, during the extended weekend. At Calangute beach, a five-year-old girl from Maharashtra who was reported missing was located by a lifesaver. Her parents were subsequently traced and she was handed over to them after formal identification.
Meanwhile, a boy from Ponda who was separated from his family at Colva beach, was handed over to lifesavers by a concerned beach visitor. The child was later reunited with his parents, who were located by the police after an extensive search at the beach.
