The Thane MACT awarded compensation of over Rs 40 lakh to the kin of a postman from Vashi in Navi Mumbai who died in a freak accident in 2014, officials said on Monday.

Allwin Waidande, 38 when the accident took place on August 3, 2014, was run over by a speeding taxi after his motorcycle dashed against a car parked on the road negligently and he landed on the road.