Madras high court (file photo)
MADURAI: It is high time that all stakeholders reviewed the mindset that the driver of the bigger vehicle was responsible for road accidents involving big and small vehicles, as seen in a majority of first information reports (FIRs) registered, the Madras high court has said.
The court was hearing an appeal by the Pudukottai transport corporation challenging the order of motor accidents claims tribunal (MACT) that had awarded compensation to an accident victim. The deceased Govindaraju was going to school along with three of his friends, Venkateshwaran, Prasanth and Gowthamanraj on a two-wheeler in Pudukottai in 2011. Prasanth who rode the vehicle attempted to overtake a lorry when a speeding government bus which came in the opposite direction collided with the two-wheeler and Govindaraju died.
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