Mumbai teen dies in accident at Karmal Ghat

Canacona: One occupant of a car died on the spot after the car in which he was travelling collided head-on with a truck and landed 10m down in a gorge in the Karmal Ghat area near Gulem, Canacona, on Monday.
Police have identified the deceased as Arun Gandhi, 19.
The four other occupants of the car — Neil Patva, 19, Amey Jatre, 19, Siya Chordiya, 29, and Setavi Lodha, 20, all residents of Andheri, Mumbai — sustained injuries and were shifted to the Canacona community health centre and later to the South Goa district hospital, Margao.
The group had come from Mumbai to Goa for a holiday and had hired a rent-a-cab at Margao. They were headed towards Palolem when their car collided head-on with a Maharashtra-registration truck headed towards Karwar. Police have detained the driver of the truck.
Meanwhile, GFP’s Vikas Bhagat said that the accident could have been averted had the government acted immediately following several accidents.
The area is an accident-prone spot, and the government has recently commenced work on widening the stretch to address the issue.