Road accident:Kin of victim get over Rs 13.5 lakh compensation

Family members of a 35-year-old man, who died in a road accident involving a rashly driven bus, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 13.5 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.
The tribunal directed the New India Assurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending bus, to pay Rs 13,58,200 as compensation to the wife, parents and two minor children of washer man Rakesh Tomar who died in an accident in October last year.
While holding the driver guilty of rash driving, the tribunal relied on the testimony of Rakesh's wife Bharti, who too suffered injuries in the accident.

"The FIR, charge sheet, site-plan, postmortem report and testimony of Bharti taken together fully establish that the death of Rakesh Tomar was caused by the injuries sustained by him in the road accident and Bharti sustained injuries in the accident," MACT Presiding Officer Arvind Kumar said.
The tribunal also awarded Rs 10,000 to Bharti, who was on a motorcycle with her husband Rakesh when the bus hit them, for the injuries caused to her.
According to the petition, filed by Bharti, on October 23, 2013, she along with Rakesh, was going on a motorcycle and when they were crossing Vivekanand College here, the bus driven in a rash and negligent manner hit their motorcycle.

Due to the impact, Bharti fell down and Rakesh suffered fatal injuries.

During the trial, the driver and owner of the bus had claimed that they did not cause the accident, but the bus was stopped to help the already injured couple. They contended that Bharti had falsely implicated them.
The insurance company had offered to pay Rs 7,000 to Bharti and claimed that it was the fault of the victim who was driving the motorcycle rashly.
The court, however, rejected their contentions for making contradictory statements.