Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Two separate road accidents on routes connecting Goa and Karnataka were reported on Thursday, including a collision involving a Goa-bound tourist bus and a fatal crash in the Arabail Ghat section that left six people dead.
In the first incident, two buses collided at Harli Cross on the Belagavi–Goa National Highway along the Ramnagar–Anmod stretch. The accident involved a private mini bus carrying around 20 tourists from Bengaluru to Goa and a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KRTC) bus travelling from Vasco, Goa, to Talikoti, Karnataka.
Police said two passengers in the private mini bus—a man and a woman—sustained injuries. They were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the remaining passengers escaped unhurt.
Officials from the Ramnagar Police Station reached the spot, conducted a spot inspection (mahazar), and began investigating the cause of the accident.
In a separate incident, at least six people were killed and four others were critically injured after a Cruiser vehicle collided head-on with a truck near Balagar in the Arabail Ghat section of Yellapura taluk in Karnataka’s Karwar district.
According to police, the victims were residents of Dharwad and were travelling to Dharmasthala and Chikkamagaluru on a leisure trip. The group, including the driver, reportedly worked as part-time delivery executives for Swiggy and had left Dharwad on Wednesday night.
The truck, travelling from Yellapura towards Ankola, rammed into the Cruiser, leaving the passenger vehicle completely mangled. Six occupants died on the spot.
The four injured were rescued by local residents and shifted to a nearby hospital, where they are undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Yellapura Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the fatal accident.
The twin accidents on roads frequently used by commuters and tourists travelling to and from Goa have once again raised concerns over highway safety, particularly during the monsoon season.
