`2.9-cr to kin in mishap involving Haryana bus

MAN, DAUGHTER DIED AFTER SPEEDING ROADWAYS BUS HIT THEIR CAR IN 2007

NEW DELHI: The family of a man and his minor daughter, who were killed in a road accident involving a rashly driven Haryana Roadways bus in 2007 near Kurukshetra, has been awarded a compensation of `2.9 crore by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.

MACT presiding officer Anoop Kumar Mendiratta directed ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd, with which the offending bus was insured, to pay the amount to the wife and younger daughter of victim Raj Kumar Singla.

“The stand taken by the bus driver that the accident had been caused to save the motorcyclist does not appear to be supported during the police investigation and neither was any complaint of false implication was filed on behalf of him with any higher authority… Since negligence is to be assessed on the touchstone of preponderance of probability, it has been established that the accident was caused due to rash and negligent driving of the Haryana Roadways bus by the driver,” the tribunal said.

As per the petition filed by the victim’s wife, Komal, the accident took place on October 21, 2007, when the family was returning to Delhi from Ambala in their Honda City car. When the car reached Kurukshetra, it was hit by the bus that came from the opposite direction. PTI