The tourist taxi from Karnataka and the Maruti van involved in mishap at Kolsar-Galgibaga late Saturday evening.
CANACONA
Another accident has occured at Kolsar -Galgibaga at an accident-prone crossing on the Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) NH-66 in Canacona on Saturday.
According to police sources, a tourist taxi from Karnataka heading towards Margao was hit by a Maruti van which came onto the MPCBR road at a crossing in Kolsar-Galgibaga. Two persons later succumbed to their injuries. The car which had its airbags blown due to the impact also had occupants who were injured and were shifted to Canacona community health centre.
According to residents, this is the 13th accident at the Kolsar site, in which two persons have lost their lives. In the recent past, a two-wheeler rider from Karwar while heading towards Karwar had hit a truck which was crossing the road at the same junction and succumbed to his inhuries 3 days later.
Angry residents called on the authorities to act in the matter, before more lives are lost, saying the crossing is illegally opened up from the original divider. Even before the MPCBR road was commissioned, one local resident had succumbed to injuries he suffered in a mishap at the same site, residents recalled.
Sources informed that Congress leader Janardan Bhandari has decided to call on the PWD engineers to once again inspect the site and take action to avoid further mishaps at Kolsar resulting in loss of life and property.
