Rider injured in Bicholim accident
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
BICHOLIM, JUNE 10
A motorcycle rider was seriously injured when three vehicles collided with each other and later burst into flames at Tarmath Surla, Bicholim on Thursday morning.
According to Bicholim police, the incident occurred at about 9 am when the truck (GA-09-U-5731), plying from Usgao to Amona, collided against another oncoming truck (GA-09-U-1303). A motorcycle which was following a truck also dashed the trucks.
Motorcycle rider Shivadatta Verekar from Surla was seriously injured and was shifted to GMC hospital at Bambolim.
The impact of the collision was that both the trucks and the motorcycle burst into flames and were gutted. Both trucks were destroyed in the mishap and the total loss is estimated at Rs 10 lakh.
Bicholim fire force officials rushed to the site and after about an hour managed to extinguish the fire.
Bicholim police have registered an offence against truck driver Lala Mashak Immamsab Bedegar (22) from Karnataka under Section 279, 337 IPC. Hawaldar Harishchandra Parab attached to Bicholim police is investigating the case.
