Ponda: Saumen Poul, 53, and his wife, Sindhu Murthi, 48, both Bengaluru residents, died on Friday afternoon after their car collided head-on with a truck at Durgini, Dharbandora, about 25km from Ponda on the Goa–Karnataka national highway.Collem police said the couple had come to Goa to drop Murthi’s elder sister, Seema Ramesh CK, 53, who resides at Birla, Zuarinagar. The collision occurred when their car hit an oncoming truck driven by Nagraj Bhajandri. The impact dismantled the truck’s front wheel on the driver’s side, and the car was mangled.Poul and Murthi died on the spot. Seema and Bhajandri were injured and were discharged after receiving first aid at the Dharbandora primary health centre.The bodies have been kept at the South Goa District Hospital, Margao, for post-mortem examinations. Collem police were registering an accident case as of Friday evening, and PSI Sandeep Nimbalkar is investigating.
