Mohali, April 7 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Mohali, has awarded Rs.13 lakh compensation to the elderly parents of a 45-year-old man who died after a car hit him near the Jharmadi bus stop along the Punjab-Haryana border last year and fled the scene.

The tribunal ordered the insurer to release the amount with interest, holding that the family had proved their claim through consistent evidence.

According to the petition, the victim, Sanjeev Kumar, had been waiting for a bus to Ambala with his younger brother, Rakesh Kumar, around 11 pm on May 21, 2025, when a speeding car struck him and fled. Local residents rushed him to civil hospital, Dera Bassi, where doctors declared him dead.

Rakesh appeared as the sole eyewitness...