PONDA
A bus driver was killed, while 26 passengers were injured when a Goa-Hyderabad bus toppled and fell into a water body at Durgini-Dharbandora on Monday.
According to the injured passengers, there were three drivers in the bus which was moving at high speed after it left from Panaji. The bus driver Shekhar Gauda Patil (49) who died in the mishap was from Dharwad.
Teams from the Collem and Ponda police stations, Ponda fire services and locals rescued the passengers.
Three of the passengers fell into the water and were rescued. Two persons were found under the bus, while the driver was pulled out with the help of a crane.
Of the two other drivers and 35 passengers, 26 were injured and were admitted to Piliem-Dharbandora Primary Health Centre. Later, 18 of them were shifted to Goa Medical College for further treatment.
The mishap disrupted traffic along the Ponda-Belagavi route for some time.
