Section 18. Disposition of accrued benefits upon death

Except as otherwise
  provided in section ten of this article, in the case of the death of  an
  injured  volunteer ambulance worker to whom there was due at the time of
  his death any benefits under the provisions of this chapter, the  amount
  of  such  benefits shall be payable to the surviving spouse, if there be
  one, or, if none, to the surviving child or  children  of  the  deceased
  under  the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving spouse or
  children, then to the dependents of such deceased or to any of  them  as
  the workers' compensation board may direct, and if there be no surviving
  spouse,  children or dependents of such deceased, then to his estate. An
  award for disability may be made after the death of an injured volunteer
  ambulance worker.