VASCO: A pillion rider was crushed to death while the rider had a miraculous escape in a hit-and-run case that was reported near the Verna bypass at Matol, Verna late Saturday evening.
The Verna police informed that the accident occurred at around 11.45 pm near the Verna bypass at Matol, Verna. An unknown vehicle hit the Honda Dio scooter. The impact of the dash was such that pillion rider Joneta Peixoto (53), a resident of Navelim died on the spot as she was dragged on to few metres from the accident site by the speeding vehicle.
Fortunately, the rider Melba Peixoto (30), daughter-in-law of
Joneta had a miraculous escape after sustaining with minor injuries. Both of them were returning home to Navelim after attending a wedding ceremony at Verna.
The police said that the vehicle involved in the hit and run case could be a truck.
The head constable Santosh Gaonkar conducted the panchanama and referred the body for postmortem.
PSI Gautam Shetkar is further investigating into the case.