A 40-year-old woman, a passerby, sustained life-threatening injuries after being hit by a speeding Ertiga car driven by a 17-year-old boy in South-West Delhi's Dwarka area on January 1, police said on Wednesday.
The boy, who was trying to escape, was beaten up by the public as well, said officials.
While addressing the media, DCP South-West Surendra Kumar said, "We will take tough action against the boy and his father. We will also move application to treat the juvenile as an adult. The father of the boy was also issued a challan under the Motor Vehicle Act."
Official said the victim, Kanta Anand, a resident of Pink apartments at Dwarka, is currently undergoing treatment at the Spinal Injury Institute.
"The doctor informed us that there is a fracture in her hip joint and she would be operated on Wednesday," said a family member.
The accident took place after the car rammed into another Wagon-R car coming out of a housing society gate and the woman was caught between, said officials, adding that the impact was such that the woman's upper body was stuck underneath the Wagon-R car which had turned turtle after the collision.
The entire incident has been captured in the CCTV cameras installed at the gate of an apartment.