Tribunal awards Rs 17.22 lakh to parents of man killed in collision

thane: The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded a compensation of Rs 17.22 lakh to the parents of a youth, who died in an accident in 2010. MACT member, judge S Y Kulkarni, directed the owner of a dumper company, Om Shree Ganesh Container, and insurance company United India Insurance Company to jointly pay Rs 17.22 lakh to the claimants. Complainant Vithal Ramakant Bhanushali (44) and his wife Kunda Bhanushali (43), residents of Khinavali in Sahapur here, told the forum that their son Bharat (aged 22 at the time of the accident) owned and operated a taxi which met with an accident in 2010. Bhanushali told the forum that on August 27, 2010, while Bharat was travelling towards Bhandardara carrying a passenger in the cab, his car was hit by a container coming from the opposite direction, resulting in a head-on collision.