VASCO
In a tragic incident, a 41-year-old electricity department staffer Yoganand Bandodkar from Vasco was killed in a fatal mishap reported at Kurpawada in Cortalim on Saturday afternoon.
Sources said that the mishap involved a head-on collision between two bikes. "The accident occurred at around 12.30 pm when the deceased, Yoganand Bandodkar, a resident near Bhovteshwar temple in Voddant, Vasco, was riding a bike with a woman relative Asmita Bandodkar (pillion rider) on a Masetro bike and moving along the Kurpawado road. At the same time, a Bullet bike ridden by 20-year-old Joylan Souza, a resident of Panchawadi, Ponda, came from the wrong side and there was a head-on collision between the bikes," said a source.
"All three persons were grievously injured and were shifted to the GMC Hospital. Yoganand died while undergoing treatment and the other two persons are undergoing treatment at the hospital," added the source.
Verna police have registered a case of accident and are investigating the case under the supervision of PI Melson Colaco and the guidance of Mormugao DySP Salim Shaikh.
