2 youths killed in 2-wheeler accidents at Xeldem, Nerul

Margao/Panaji: Notwithstanding the intensified police crackdown on traffic violations following the spate of accidents, two people died in two different accidents on Thursday.
A 23-year-old resident of Muslimwada, Quepem, Wasim Khan died after he was presumably thrown off the two-wheeler he was riding after it hit stray cattle resting in the middle of the road at Shivnagar, Xeldem, along the Quepem-Curchorem road. He died on the spot.
The accident occurred in the early hours of the day. A person who was on his morning walk noticed Khan lying on the road beside the two-wheeler, and he informed police. He was taken by an ambulance to the Quepem primary health centre where he was declared brought dead.
In the second incident, a native of Nagaland, Tokato Chisti (29) died in an accident near Nerul bridge on Wednesday night.
Tek Raj Naresh Sond (29), who was travelling pillion, was injured after their scooter was hit by a car that was proceeding to Candolim.
Police were in the process of arresting car driver Manju Kumar, a resident of Jharkhand, for allegedly driving in a rash and negligent manner, Porvorim police said.
Kumar worked in a car wash centre in Candolim, and the car driven by him was owned by Candolim resident Gurudatt Lawande.
There were three more people in the car when the accident took place.Chisti was declared dead at GMC where he was shifted along with Sond around midnight through a 108 ambulance, police said.
There was a delay in registering the offence as there was no clarity whether the accident spot fell within the jurisdiction of Calangute police station or that of Porvorim.