The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded Rs 10.37 lakh compensation with 7.5 per cent annual interest to the family of a hotel waiter killed in a 2010 road crash.

Fatal crash

On October 16, 2010, Daulat Thakare was riding pillion on a motorcycle when a speeding truck hit the vehicle, killing him. Police booked the truck driver, following which Thakare’s widow, two minor sons, and parents filed a petition seeking R20 lakh.