MARGAO/PONDA
Yet another life was claimed in a road accident, this time on the National Highway 66 at Barcem village on Wednesday morning. A 55-year-old lady pillion rider Suvarna Chandrakant Gaonkar, a resident of Shristhal-Canacona, sustained injures and succumbed at the South Goa district hospital.
Cuncolim police said the accident occurred when the motorcycle rider Chandrakant Gaonkar (60), lost control after being dashed by a car and fell down as a result of which the pillion rider sustained injuries. She later succumbed to her injuries at the South Goa district hospital.
Meanwhile, a jeep driver was seriouly injured in a road mishap when a vegetable truck and a jeep collided in front of the Sanjeevani Sugar Factor at Dayanandnagar Dharbandora on Wednesday at 5 am.
According to sources, the jeep was travelling from Ponda to Mollem and the vegetable container was in the opposite direction. Firefighters later pulled the driver, Akshay Sonavane (30) of Pune, out of the jeep and shifted him to the Pilaye Primary Health Centre, from where he was referred to the GMC hospital in Bambolim.
