Daijiworld News Network - Mumbai (MB)
Mumbai, Jan 15: Fr Thomas Kuruvilla, who had been injured in a road accident in Ratnagiri on January 6, succumbed to the injuries on Sunday, January 15 at 7 am.
Fr Kuruvilla, parish priest of St Blaise Church, Amboli, Andheri (West), diocesan estate manager and also director RC Cathedral Trust, along with Fr Salvador Rodrigues, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, was returning from Goa to Mumbai in a Toyota Qualis car on January 6.
Around 2 pm, a tyre of the car burst and the vehicle went out of control near Sangameshwar village in Ratnagiri, turned turtle and rolled into a nearby paddy field. Both the priests were injured, of them Fr Kuruvilla severely. Fr Salvador is recovering in the Holy Spirit Hospital.
Fr Kuruvilla passed away on Sunday, January 15 morning.
Funeral details will be announced later.