The verdict announced eight years after the accident gives the defendant one month to pay compensation
The authority did not appoint a prosecutor despite repeated court orders. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The South’s top civil judge has ordered the garbage truck company and one of its drivers to pay Rs 42.7 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 compensation to the plaintiffs within one month.
The court held the truck’s owners, Nisar Jan and Co, and driver Daniel Masih responsible for the accident. Four other defendants were acquitted in the case. The defendants did not raise any objection to the claim for compensation.
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It may be recalled that the victim Umar Yaseen Ansari along with his friend Ghiyasuddin were traveling on a motorcycle in North Karachi when a garbage truck hit their bike from behind in 2017. Umar died on the spot while his friend was injured.
Medical documents and other evidence were presented to the court that confirmed the cause of the motorcyclist’s accident and death as cardiorespiratory failure due to head trauma.
The deceased’s family had filed the suit against six parties, including the trucking company, Clifton Cantonment Board, a private bank as landlord and the truck driver.
The defendants argued that a lower court had acquitted them in the related criminal case, claiming that no such accident had occurred with their truck.
