A woman was killed while another sustained life-threatening injuries after they were crushed by an over-speeding water tanker in south west Delhi's Dwarka North area, police said on Tuesday.
A senior police official said the victim identified as Kausi Devi was sitting on the roadside along with other women, her relative Jyoti, on Monday night when the accident took place.
"The women were talking when the water tanker heading from community centre towards Dwarka North police station rammed straight into them," said the police official.
locals were deeply upset to see Devi and the other woman lying unconscious and bleeding profusely on the spot. They caught hold of the driver of the tanker identified as Vinod Kumar Yadav and beat him up. later the driver was handed over to police, which reached the spot after receiving a call.
"We immediately sent a police team to the spot and rushed the two women to the nearby hospital for treatment. Doctors tried a lot to resuscitate Devi but she succumbed due to heavy blood loss. Meanwhile the other woman is undergoing treatment at the hospital," said the police official.
A case under section 279(rash and negligent driving) and 304A( Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was registered against the accused and he was arrested.