Udupi, Oct 17, 2017: Peter Raphael Noronha, a former headmaster of Belle Church Aided Higher Primary School, Moodubelle and an outstanding teacher who won the state and national level Best Teacher Awards , met a tragic end in a road accident at Udupi on October 17, Tuesday.
He was 64 years of age and was popularly known as Raphael Master.
He was on his way towards Baliga Hospital Doddanagudde Udupi on his two-wheeler when he was knocked down by a bus near the MGM College. A critically injured Raphael Master was immediately rushed to KMC Hospital, but his life could not be saved.
An active social worker too, he had received the National level Best Teacher Award from none other than the then President APJ Abdul Kalam. He is survived by his wife and two sons.