2-wheeler knocks down senior citizen, kills him

COLVA: A 75-year-old pedestrian, Sadashiv Khot, lost his life after a two-wheeler hit him at St Jose de Areal.

Margao police have registered an offence against rider Akbar Khan.

The victim sustained grievous injuries and was rushed to the South Goa district hospital, from where he was moved to the Goa Medical College, where he was declared ‘brought dead’.

The postmortem established the cause of death as head injury associated with blunt chest and abdominal trauma consequent to blunt force impact with an object or surface.