Vasco: A three-vehicle accident on the Verna highway on Sunday afternoon left a rider injured after the driver of a speeding Thar, Shikhar Shetty, 24, a resident of Colvale, lost control of the vehicle. Police said a major tragedy was narrowly averted. The collision involved the Thar, another four-wheeler, and a two-wheeler.
Police also said that there were three to four occupants in the four-wheeler into which the Thar crashed.
The accident occurred at around 1.30 pm when Shetty, who was driving the Thar at high speed towards the Verna Junction, lost control near Blue Berry Hall, said police.
The impact pushed and dragged the four-wheeler along, after which both vehicles mounted the highway divider and crossed onto the opposite carriageway. At that point, the Thar collided with a two-wheeler coming from the opposite direction.
Motorcyclist Sintu Mitthu Lal, 25, a resident of Upasnagar, sustained injuries in the crash and was immediately taken to a hospital. He received first aid and was later discharged, with police stating that his condition is stable.
Although the accident was severe, police said a major disaster was averted.
Teen dies after car overturns on Canacona bypass
Canacona: A pall of gloom descended on the Agonda village after a 17-year-old boy, Afton Fernandes, died in a self-accident on Sunday morning on the Manohar Parrikar bypass in Canacona.
Sources said Fernandes, along with another occupant of the car, Mayank Pagi, was travelling from Char Rasta towards Polem. Near Patnem, he lost control of the vehicle and it went off the road into the khazan lands adjoining the highway and overturned, trapping him inside. The other occupant managed to come out of the vehicle.
Police sources said Fernandes was brought dead to Canacona CHC on Sunday morning.
Fernandes was extricated with the assistance of Fire and Emergency Services personnel soon after the accident.
After panchanama, the body was preserved at South Goa District Hospital (SGDH) for further medico-legal formalities.
Further enquiry is being conducted by PSI Vishal Velip of the Canacona Police Station.
