MARGAO: Two persons died in separate accidents within the last 24 hours in Salcete. One incident was a self-accident in Fatorda, while the other involved a pedestrian who was crushed by an unknown vehicle.
In the first incident, Allwyn Fernandes, aged about 50 and a resident of Fatorda, died on the spot in a self-accident at Bolshe Circle, Margao, at around 7 pm on Monday. According to Fatorda police, Fernandes was proceeding from the Traffic Circle when he apparently fell and suffered fatal injuries. He was declared dead at the South Goa District Hospital in Margao, and his body was sent for the post-mortem examination. The Fatorda police are likely to register the case as an unnatural death under Section 174 of the CrPC.
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In the second incident, an unidentified pedestrian was found crushed to death in a hit-and-run accident on the Loutolim Highway around 2 am on Tuesday. Police suspect that the pedestrian was run over by a heavy vehicle, as indicated by tyre marks at the scene. Efforts are being made to ascertain the identity of the victim and trace the vehicle involved. A panchanama has been conducted, and the body has been shifted to the South Goa District Hospital, Margao.
Collem youth killed after crashing into parked truck at Mollem
PONDA: In a fatal accident reported at Sukhtali-Mollem, Tanvesh Rivonkar, a 35-year-old resident of Collem, lost control of his two-wheeler and rammed into the back of a parked truck on the highway at around 10.30 pm on Monday night. This incident marks the third fatal accident on the Ponda to Mollem Highway within a week.
The stretch of the Ponda to Khandepar Highway has been widened into a four-lane road for seven kilometers, but the road narrows significantly from Usgao to Dharbandora.
On June 20, a horrific accident at Usgao saw a pedestrian decapitated and crushed by a truck – his head was found 1.5 kilometers away. On June 24, another accident on the same Usgao road involved a bike rider who was killed trying to avoid a stray cow.
In light of these incidents, there is a growing demand from locals to widen and improve the road from Usgao to Mollem-Dharbandora.
