Thane, Nov 8 (PTI) The motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra's Thane district has awarded a compensation of Rs 55 lakh to a woman who sustained severe injuries in a crash involving a state transport bus in 2021.

MACT member R V Mohite, in an order passed on Friday, held the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) solely liable for the accident, in which the claimant sustained injuries that led to the amputation of her right hand and the loss of her job.

The accident occurred on the afternoon of August 24, 2021, when the claimant, Kanchan Sham Kute (then 36), was travelling in a state transport bus from Khed to Shivajinagar on the Nashik-Pune Highway, and the driver dashed the vehicle into an electric pole, causing it to overturn.

The MSRTC argued that the acc

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