Elderly couple hit by speeding truck, wife dies

A 50-year-old woman was killed when scooter she was traveling on with her husband was hit by a speeding truck in southeast Delhi's Sunlight Colony. 

The couple was, reportedly, en route to Kalka Mandir. 

The deceased has been identified as Poonam Rastogi, a resident of East Delhi's Ganesh Nagar. The couple left home around 10.15 pm on Wednesday, but a speeding truck hit them from behind near Sarai Kale Khan red light and fled the spot. They received severe wounds and were rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where doctors declared Poonan brought dead while her husband is recuperating, police said.

A case of rash driving and  causing death by negligence has been registered with against the  truck driver.  Meanwhile, in another case of hit-and-run, a four-year-old boy was mowed down by an unknown vehicle in Azadpur.