MARGAO
A 35-year-old motorcyclist Shanawaz Akhtar died on the spot after he came under the wheels of a bus in an accident on the NH-17 at Dramapur while a girl student landed on the road from a moving bus after the door suddenly opened when it reached Colmorod-Navelim on Monday.
In an incident at Dramapur, Margao police informed that the deceased and wife, who was a pillion rider, natives of Karnataka who were staying at Velim, were proceeding towards Margao when he is reported to have dashed against a four-wheeler while allegedly trying to overtake and landed on the other side of the road. He died on the spot after a bus, which was coming from the opposite direction ran over him.
A resident of Sirlim Wilson Viegas said an eyewitness claimed the deceased was trying to overtake when he hit a four-wheeler before coming under the bus.
The accident paralysed for quite some time on the NH-17 before the police moved in to clear the traffic snarl. The Margao police are investigating.
Meanwhile, in a shocking incident that brought to fore the state of affairs of the public transport, a higher secondary school girl student landed on the road from a moving bus after the door suddenly opened when the bus reached Colmorod-Navelim on Monday noon.
Fortunately, the XI Arts student of Rosary Higher Secondary school, Muriel Fernandes, a resident of Benaulim escaped with minor injuries. The student had boarded the bus after school hours heading to Margao when the door suddenly opened and Muriel fell off from the bus on the road. What's shocking to note is that the bus driver and conductor had no knowledge that the student had fallen down and it was only after some students and other passengers raised an alarm that the bus made a halt after a distance.
"By God's grace, Muriel did not suffer major injury. I have been told that by the students that though Muriel fell off from the bus at the L&L residency, the bus conductor and driver were unaware of the incident," informed higher secondary teacher, Victoria Fernandes.
The Margao police has detained the bus driver Irfan Sheikh for negligence.
Manhole posing threat to
motorists at Ana Fonte
MARGAO: While the traffic police headed by DySP Prabodh Shirwaikar conducted the annual ritual of holding the road safety week, questions were asked whether the men-in-uniform will direct the PWD to repair a sewerage manhole at the Ana Fonte garden, posing danger to motorists for over a month now.
Neither JICA officials nor the PWD have moved in to fill up the surface of the manhole with tar though the manhole has been posing danger to motorists and pedestrians alike.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Nayak of Jai Damodar Association has said while the authorities observe road safety week, accidents and deaths have been only increasing by the day.
"All the roads in Goa are having speed governors in the form of potholes and the accident occurs in order to avoid the potholes," Mahesh said.
