The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded compensation of Rs 1.49 crore to the kin of a man who died in a road accident near Nashik in 2018.

Nilesh Joshi died at the age of 39 on November 10 that year after the SUV he was travelling in was hit by a bus near a petrol pump on Sinnar-Shirdi road. Five other occupants of the SUV also died in the accident.