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Truck falls into river, driver dies at Sattari

Truck falls into river, driver dies at Sattari
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VALPOI: A 40-year-old truck driver from Guleli-Sattari died after his vehicle fell into the river at Guleli late Tuesday night.

According to Valpoi Police, Namdev Morto Nanshikar rammed the truck into a fence of the Kankeri bridge at Guleli and the vehicle along with him fell into the river.

Police further informed that the incident occurred at about 11.30 pm, when Nanshikar was proceeding to Kankeri in his truck (GA-02-U-5727).

The body was later fished out with the help of fire brigade staff.

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`9.61 lakh awarded to mother of man killed in vehicular accident

The Presiding Officer at the Motor Vehicles Accident Tribunal (MACT) at Margao, Desmond D’Costa, has awarded a compensation of Rs 9.61 lakh to Kanchan Naik, a resident of Bogmalo, whose son, Digambar Naik, died in a vehicular accident at Cansaulim on September 7, 2013.

The Goan Network
Published Jun 15, 2016, 5:21 AM IST
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the goan I networkMARGAO    While awarding the compensation, the MACT ruled that Digambar, who was travelling from Arossim to Cavelossim, died of a violent impact caused due to high speed of the vehicle driven by Ashwin Gaonkar, respondent in the case. Digambar was also travelling in the same vehicle.    While the Kanchan had claimed a compensation of Rs 10 lakh, the MACT granted a sum of Rs 9.61 lakh, observing that this fact is partly proved to the…

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