The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded Rs 70,000 to a 12-year-old student who sustained severe injuries on her way back home from school in a road accident in 2018 in Palghar district.

Nutan Kusal, a resident of Virar in Palghar district, was hit by a tempo on September 11, 2018 on Vajreshwari-Shirsad road, leaving her severely injured, treatment of which cost her family Rs 1 lakh, her advocate SL Mane told the tribunal.