MARGAO
A 19-year-old motorcycle rider was killed in a road accident involving a tipper truck at Chandor on Thursday.
Maina Curtorim police said the accused, Shanur Shaikh (38), was driving a Tata tipper from Sanvordem towards Gudi Paroda to unload stones at a stone crusher.
On reaching near St Diago Chapel at Cotta, Chandor, the driver allegedly drove rashly and negligently and collided with an oncoming motorcycle ridden by Samad Surangi (19), a resident of Xeldem, Quepem. The impact threw the rider onto the road, leaving him injured. He was rushed to the District Hospital, Margao, where the medical officer on duty declared him brought dead. Maina Curtorim police have registered an offence under Sections 281 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
