The Thane Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 42.38 lakh to the family members of a printing press owner from Ahmednagar district, who died in a road accident in 2019 at the age of 48.

In the order passed on November 17, the copy of which was made available on Friday, the Thane MACT member R N Rokade directed the owner of a tempo and Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd, to jointly and severally make the payment to the claimants along with an interest of 8 per cent per annum from the date of the filing of the claim.