Chandigarh, May 21 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Chandigarh, has awarded over Rs.66 lakh in compensation to the families of two men who died in a 2019 road crash after their sedan collided with an overloaded fodder truck near Radiant Textile Ltd. in Chouth village on Patiala Road in Samana.

While awarding the compensation in its May 15 order, presiding officer Amit Kumar Grover decided the two connected claim petitions arising from the same accident that took place on September 29, 2019, at around 10:30 pm.

According to the tribunal, the victim, Gurpreet Singh, was driving a Verna alongside the second victim, Avtar Singh, and another occupant when their vehicle collided with a truck loaded with chaff (fodder).

The tribu...