Avneesh Jhingan, J.

The present appeal has been filed against the award dated 1.10.1999 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Sangrur (for short 'the Tribunal').

2. This was burnt case and has been reconstructed from the salvaged record and copies supplied by counsels subject to all just exceptions.

3. The brief facts necessary for adjudication of the present appeal are as under:

On 9.6.1996 Jagmail Singh alias Bhola Singh aged 35 years, met with a motor vehicular accident. He was driving Tata 709 Canter bearing registration No. PB-13-D-6391. He was struck by rashly and negligently truck bearing registration No.U.S.D.-491 (for short 'the offending vehicle'). As a result of the accident, he suffered injuries and was taken to Civil Hosptial, Narwana. He was referred to PGIMS Rohtak but he was taken to Civil Hospital, Sangrur, where he succumbed to injuries.

4. The claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short 'the Act') was field by widow and three children of the deceased.

5. The Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs.2,24,000/- along with inte