Saturday 20 / April / 2024
MUSCAT: An Indian family in Sohar has thanked Oman’s judiciary for disbursing OMR54,750 as compensation following a road traffic accident.
“We are thankful and surprised at the way the judiciary has acted in the (compensation claim) case. Within a year, the case was heard and the compensation has been disbursed,” Shinoj Radhakrishnan, son of the accident victim, told the Times of Oman.
Explaining the accident, which had happened in February 2016 in Sohar, Shinoj said, “My father, Balakrishnan Radhakrishnan was getting out of a taxi in Sohar on February 5, 2016 when he and the taxi he was travelling in were hit by another vehicle. My father suffered severe injuries. Medics say that he has suffered 90 per cent disability.”
The victim was rushed to an Omani hospital and then repatriated to India for further treatment.
“The legal advisors also worked sincerely,” Shinoj added.
Meanwhile, a senior lawyer from the Khalid Al Wahaibi Legal Firm said the victim had suffered severe injuries and deserved a kind of compensation that can help take care of his treatment cost.
“The victim had suffered 100 per cent disability,” Deepa Sudhir, the senior lawyer added.
“Our senior legal advisers, Nasser Al Siaybi and Maher Al Rawahi, did a good job to get the compensation for the victim and fought the case well in the court,” the senior lawyer added.
A recent government report had said accident rates in 2016 dropped, compared to 2015. However, the death rate had increased, especially among expat drivers.
According to the data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information, compared to 6,279 accidents in 2015, the year 2016 witnessed 4,219 traffic accidents, reflecting a drop of 32.8 per cent.
However, compared to 675 people who lost their life in road accidents in 2015, 692 died in such incidents in 2016. However, the number of those injured fell by 19.2 per cent, from 3,624 in 2015 to 2,929 in 2016.
