Panaji: Three youths died in two separate road accidents in North Goa on Monday morning, including two students of the India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER), Sancoale.In the first incident, rider Kushagra Patale (21) from Vikroli, Mumbai, and pillion Yash Malik (20) from Rohtak, Haryana, residing in Goa, were heading from Porvorim to Vasco at around 3am on Monday when their bike collided on the new Mandovi bridge with a taxi coming from the opposite direction.The taxi carried a tourist couple, who escaped without injuries. The taxi driver, Rajkumar Kattimani, a resident of Sangolda, also did not receive any injuries, even though police found the front of the taxi in a mangled condition.An FIR has been filed against Kattimani, but no arrest was made until late Monday night.Meanwhile, a post-mortem examination was conducted on the bodies of the two students after they were shifted to Goa Medical College, Bambolim, where they were declared dead. Their bodies were later handed over to their families.“There are no functional cameras on the Mandovi bridge and so we are yet to determine the circumstances under which the accident took place,” said a policeman.In the second incident, 22-year-old Mitesh Shet, a resident of Guirim, died after he crashed his bike into a parked military truck at Goa Velha. Shet was travelling to Guirim from Margao on Monday morning.
