Team Goemkarponn
FATORDA: A 30-year-old Tempo Traveller driver from Bengaluru has been booked by Fatorda Police after a passenger died in a collision with a water tanker on the Western Bypass at Mungul overbridge on Monday.
The accident occurred around 11.40 am when the Force Tempo Traveller, bearing registration number KA-53-D-9398, was travelling from Nuvem towards Navelim. According to the police complaint, the driver, identified as Guru, allegedly drove rashly and negligently before crashing into the rear left side of a moving water tanker (GA-07-T-0853).
A passenger seated beside the right-side window of the Tempo Traveller sustained severe head injuries in the collision. The victim was taken to South Goa District Hospital in Margao, where he was declared brought dead.
Fatorda Police registered a case against the driver under Sections 281 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, relating to rash driving and causing death by negligence.
Further investigation is being conducted by PSI Satvashil Devidas of Fatorda Police Station.
