Mohali, Dec. 18 -- Over 11 years after a 25-year-old woman died after a Punjab Roadways bus crashed into her family's car near Banur, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Mohali, has awarded Rs.17.45 lakh compensation, with 6% annual interest, to her family, after taking into account her educational qualifications and promising future. The amount is to be paid by the insurance company.

The victim, Kiran Bala, a postgraduate and B.Ed graduate, was travelling in a car from Ladwa to Balachaur with her father, mother and two other occupants on March 16, 2014, when the bus rammed into their vehicle. Her father, Devraj, claimed that the bus, bearing registration number PB-11-AT-9020, was being driven at high speed and on the wrong side, ...