Delhi's Rohini court has awarded a compensation of Rs 1.54 crore to the parents of a doctor who died in a road accident which occurred after a speeding truck suddenly applied brakes.
According to locals, the incident happened at around 6.30 am on Sunday morning. The deceased was an examinee of the Matriculation and was to appear for the examination this year.
According to the police, Gayathri Kumar, 47 was driving her 16-year-old daughter Samatha Kumar to school when a speeding truck overturned near a cross and crushed their car on the Bannerghatta road.
A thirty-five-year-old woman got killed after her scooty was hit by a speeding truck and reportedly her body got dragged for 3 km by the truck. Later the truck caught fire colliding with the divider in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, said the police.
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