New Delhi Nov 6 (PTI) A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded Rs 12.45 lakh in compensation to the mother of a 24-year-old man who died after being run over by a truck near a metro station in the city in 2019.

In an order dated November 3, the tribunal said, “It is held that the claimant has been able to prove that rash and negligent driving on the part of the driver of the offending vehicle (truck) on a public way caused the accident which led to the death of the deceased." Presiding officer Shelly Arora was hearing a petition filed by the mother of Mohammad Raees, who was killed after a truck ran over him while he was walking near Govindpri Metro station on February 19, 2019.

The tribunal noted that during the preliminary investigation, a truck with a broken windshield was f

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