KARACHI:

The Senior Civil Judge South has ordered the garbage collection truck company and one of their drivers to pay Rs42.7 million in compensation to the family of a man who was crushed by a garbage collection vehicle.

Announcing the verdict, eight years after the accident, the court ordered the defendants to pay the compensation to the plaintiffs within one month.

The court held the truck owners, Nisar Jan and Co and driver Daniel Masih, responsible for the accident. Four other defendants were acquitted in the case. The defendants had not raised any objection to the compensation claim.

:It may be recalled that the victim Umar Yaseen Ansari along with his friend Ghiyasuddin was riding a motorcycle in North Karachi when a garbage truck hit their bike from behind in 2017. Umar died on

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