India, Jan. 7 -- A 65-year-old woman died on Monday evening after an 18-year-old man suspected to be learning to drive a car allegedly lost control and mowed her down before the car finally hit a tree and came to a halt, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the driver Sameer Khan was also critically injured in the crash which took place at around 4.30pm. The deceased was identified as Bhateri Devi, who lived in Gairatpur Bans of Badshahpur with her husband Karan Singh, 70.

The woman's family members rushed her to a private hospital in Sector-47 where doctors declared her dead, police said. Sameer was driving alone at the time of the incident.

A senior police officer said the woman sustained injuries in head, chest, abdomen and ...