The judgment handed down eight years after the accident gives the defendant one month to pay compensation
The authority failed to appoint a prosecutor despite repeated court orders. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
Senior Civil Judge Syd has ordered the garbage truck company and one of their drivers to pay Rs 42.7 million in compensation to the family of a man who was crushed by a garbage truck.
Announcing the judgment 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 the driver Daniel Masih, responsible for the accident. Four other defendants were acquitted in the case. The defendants had not objected to the compensation claim.
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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 the spot while his friend sustained injuries.
Medical documents and other evidence were presented to the court confirming the cause of the accident and the motorcyclist’s death as cardiac and respiratory failure due to the head injury.
The deceased’s family had filed the claim against six parties, including the truck company, the Clifton Cantonment Board, a private bank as the lessor and the truck driver.
The accused claimed that a sessions court had acquitted them in the related criminal case and claimed that no such accident had happened to their truck.
