New Delhi: Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 96 lakh to wife and five children of a 46-year old Delhi Police Assistant Sub Inspector who was killed in a road accident last year.
MACT Presiding Officer S S Malhotra awarded the compensation of Rs 96.16 lakh to the family of Mamchand Tomar, who was deputed as an ASI in Delhi Police at the time of the accident.
On April 6, 2018, travelling from Delhi to Ghaziabad in his car, Tomar suffered serious injuries after being hit by an overspeeding dumper.
The next day he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital while undergoing treatment.
An eye-witness to the accident told the court that the dumper was being driven at a very high speed and in a negligent manner when it hit the victim's car with great force which left him with grievous injuries.
The court held that there was no evidence to show that the deceased was at fault in any manner.
"This issue is therefore decided in favour of the petitioners (Tomar's family) and against respondents by holding that the victim died in a vehicular accident due to rash and negligent driving of the dumper," the court added.
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