Panchkula, March 26 -- Three years after a 24-year-old man was killed in a truck-car collision in Mauli, Panchkula, in February 2023, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs.27.81 lakh to his parents.

Lahore Singh, 63, and his wife, residents of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, had filed the claim petition in July 2023 following the death of their son, Abhinav Parmar, who ran a car repair centre in Paonta Sahib.

According to the petition, Parmar was returning to Chandigarh from Paonta Sahib after attending a birthday party at a relative's house on February 27, 2023.

Around 3 am, when he reached near Saini Dhaba, Mauli, Panchkula, a truck bearing a Punjab registration number was moving ahead of his ...