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Parents Awarded Rs 30.26 Lakh After 2019 Road Death
Saksham Pandey was a 21-year-old man who died in a road crash in 2019.
He was riding his motorcycle home from work when a truck hit him near Hindon Bridge.
The accident happened around 5 a.m.
on May 1.
Saksham died at the scene.
His parents asked a tribunal for financial compensation.
The tribunal said the truck driver’s careless driving caused the crash.
It ordered United India Insurance Company Ltd to pay Saksham’s parents Rs 30.26 lakh.
The tribunal relied on several records and rejected testimony from an alleged eyewitness because his statements conflicted.
A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs 30.26 lakh to Saksham Pandey’s parents.
Pandey, 21, died when a truck hit his motorcycle near Hindon Bridge on May 1, 2019.
The tribunal found the crash resulted from the truck’s rash and negligent driving.
Evidence included the FIR, site plan, post-mortem report, photographs and investigating officer’s testimony.
United India Insurance Company Ltd was directed to pay the compensation; an alleged eyewitness’s testimony was rejected due to contradictions.
- Who
- Saksham Pandey, his parents, the truck driver and United India Insurance Company Ltd.
- What
- A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs 30.26 lakh compensation after Pandey’s fatal road accident.
- Where
- Near Hindon Bridge in Ghaziabad, while the case was heard by a Delhi tribunal.
- When
- The accident occurred on May 1, 2019, around 5 a.m.; the tribunal order was dated September 17 and reported on September 22.
- Why
- The tribunal found that rash and negligent truck driving caused the fatal crash.
Key facts
- Compensation
- Rs 30.26 lakh
- Deceased
- Saksham Pandey, aged 21
- Accident date
- May 1, 2019
- Accident location
- Near Hindon Bridge, Ghaziabad
- Assessed monthly income
- Rs 19,288
- Paying insurer
- United India Insurance Company Ltd
- Presiding officer
- Vijay Kumar Jha
Quotes
Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
The tribunal that decided the compensation claim filed by Saksham Pandey’s parents
“It is held that the petitioners have been able to prove on the basis of the preponderance of probabilities that the accident had occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the offending vehicle that resulted in fatal injuries to the deceased.”
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Sources
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