Family of five on bike meets with accident at Vasco, mother dies

Vasco/Canacona: Two people died in two separate accidents at Vasco and Canacona in the past 24 hours.
A 38-year-old woman, Reena Devi, a resident of Dhaktolem in Maimollem, Vasco, died on the spot after a speeding car rammed into the two-wheeler on which her husband, children, and she were riding. The accident took place on the four-lane highway near Shantinagar, on Sunday evening.
Her husband and three children — a son and two daughters — sustained minor injuries, the Vasco police said.
The family was heading towards Mangor-Hill from the Dabolim airport, police said.
The car driver, Lingappa Kolkar, 28, a resident of Gandhinagar, Vasco, has been arrested.
At Canacona, a Karnataka-registered car was involved in a self-accident. Both, Manjunath Yellappa Hesbur, 41, and the driver of the car, Akshaykumar S Shadulaver, 24, sustained injuries. However, Hesbur succumbed to his injuries.
The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Canacona railway station late Saturday evening.
Both the deceased and the injured are natives of Hubballi, Karnataka, and were employed at a hotel in Agonda.
Police sub-inspector Ganesh Matondkar is further investigating the Vasco case under the supervision of Vasco PI Kapil Nayak.