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Thiruvananthapuram: A motor accident claims tribunal in Kerala has ordered an insurance company to pay a compensation of Rs 1.15 crore to a nine-year-old girl who is in coma after a road accident, which happened in Chorod near Vadakara in February, 2024.
Drishana of Vadakara and her grandmother Puthalath Baby were knocked down by a car while crossing the road. While Baby died, Drishana was in a coma stage due to head injuries. Her financially weak family was struggling to meet the treatment expenses.
The car that hit the two were remaining untraced. It took almost a year for the police to trace the car and the driver who went abroad was later held.
The tribunal ordered the insurance company to deposit the compensation in Drishana's bank account and Rs 25 lakh out of it could be used for her immediate medical expenses.