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CANACONA
Navita Kushali Velip, 45 succumbed to the injuries at CHC Canacona, when she and her husband were hit from behind by a overtaking bus late Saturday evening at Karvem-Gaondongrim.
According to Canacona Police, Kushali Velip was riding the bike (GA-09 C-2560) with pillion rider Navita Velip, when they were hit from the rear by an overtaking bus (GA-10 T-2777) on reaching Karvem area of Gaondongrim at about 6.30 pm.
The couple was thrown off the bike in the mishap.
Both were shifted to CHC-Chaudi, but Navita succumbed to her injuries soon after.
The husband wife duo of Karvem-Gaondongrim were returning home from their cashew plantations on their two-wheeler, while the private bus was reportedly returning with school children of a government school at Gaondongrim from a school picnic.
Police had to intervene late Saturday evening to defuse a tense situation after locals began to gang up on the bus driver.
Police have booked the driver Diwakar Narayan Desai, resident of Mastimoll for driving the bus in a rash and negligent manner under sections 279, 337, and 304-A of the IPC. Canacona police is investigating further.
