Panchkula, April 13 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a total compensation of Rs.1.79 crore to a claimant in connection with a 2024 road accident that claimed the lives of three family members on the Ambala-Narnaul Expressway.

Anadi Dutta, 32, a resident of Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 5, had filed three separate claim petitions in May 2024 against Pappu Ram Yadav of Alwar, Rajasthan (driver of the offending tip-trailer), Hansraj Rawat of Jaipur, Rajasthan (owner of the vehicle), and the Oriental Insurance Company (insurer).

According to the claim, on April 26, 2024, Manoj Kumar, along with his wife Urmila Mehta and daughter Chetna, was travelling to Khatu Shyam in Rajasthan. Manoj Kumar was driving the car on NH-15...