Woman dies on spot in accident near Vizag Zoo

A woman died on the spot in a road accident near Zoo Park in Visakhapatnam on 11 October. According to reports, the accident occurred when an oil tanker hit the two-wheeler on which a woman and her daughter were going. While the woman, Kanchana, escaped with minor injuries, her daughter, Nishitha, a pillion rider, died on the spot as she sustained severe head injury. She was a second year MBBS student of a medical college in the city. The two were going to Hanumanthawaka from Yendada when the accident occurred.

The body was sent to KGH in Visakhapatnam for post-mortem examination.

Body found

In another incident, a body was found floating in sea waters at Appu Ghar Beach in Visakhapatnam on 11 October morning. Lifeguards Pavan Kumar, Naveen and Bujji of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), who noticed the body, brought it to the shore and handed it over to the police, according to a statement issued by GVMC Additional Commissioner D V Ramana Murthy.

The details of the drowned person are yet to be ascertained. Despite measures by the GVMC for the safety of tourists, unfortunately, some visitors get drowned at sea while taking baths.

The lifeguards, appointed by the corporation, keep a vigil round the clock to check drowning incidents, according to the GVMC official. Last month, lifeguards rescued two tourists from drowning at RK Beach. A group of five friends visited the beach for fun and two of them, while swimming, were pulled in by waves.

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This article is written by Senior Journalist Lakkoju Nagesh Babu