A twenty-year-old woman died on Tuesday afternoon after being crushed under a truck in Delhi's Azadpur area. The deceased has been identified as Sonakshi (26). The deceased was riding pillion with her husband when a truck hit them. Though the husband escaped with injuries the wife died on the spot.
The incident took place t around 2:15 pm when Sonakshi and her husband Girish were coming from Mukundpur towards Azadpur on their motorcycle. The truck was also coming from the same direction. When they reached under the foot over iron Bridge near the Kewal Park, a truck was coming at a high speed hit the motorcycle from the back and the couple fell down. The truck ran over the wife and she died on the spot. Girish suffered minor injuries. Girish grabbed the truck driver when he got down and was made subject to the public fury. The driver has been identified as Pappu and was arrested from the spot itself. Sonakshi was rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital (BJRM) where she was declared brought dead.