Goemkarponn desk
PONDA: In a horrific accident at Borim near Sai Baba Temple on Tuesday night, at 10 pm, a taxi driver luckily escaped with minor injuries when a speeding truck proceeded towards Margao and hit the tourist taxi coming from the opposite direction towards Ponda.
The locals said the truck driver was under the influence of heavy consumption of liquor, which was the cause of the accident.
According to Borim locals, the truck driver was proceeding towards Margao while a tourist taxi driver, after dropping his customers at Margao, was returning towards Ponda.
When he reached a curve near Sai Baba temple, the speeding truck lost control, went off the extreme right-hand side, crashed on the car, and almost dragged it to the downside of the road for around 20 metres later truck overturned above the car and later rested on the tree. According to locals, this tree saved the life of the taxi driver as it saved the overturned truck from falling over a taxi.
The Borim locals said they rushed to the spot after the huge sound of the collision and rescued the taxi driver trapped in the taxi who received injuries of broken glasses on his body. He was shifted to Sub District Hospital.
During day time, several flower vendors stand on the roadside to sell flowers. Luckily incident took place at night and prevented an untoward incident.