India, Feb. 20 -- A 56-year-old woman, riding pillion on a bike being ridden by her husband, was killed after a speeding truck rammed into their two-wheeler in Jogeshwari West on Monday.

The deceased, identified as Nita Nitin Dhongde, was a teacher and was on her way to the school she used to work in when the accident occurred at around 6:45am.

The Oshiwara police have launched a search for the driver, who fled after abandoning the truck at the spot, after registering a case of negligence against him.

According to the husband of the deceased, Nitin Jivandas Dhongde, 60, a resident of Malad, he was riding his Honda Unicorn bike to drop his wife at her school in Jogeshwari, when in Kajupada Junction, a speeding trailer truck attempted to...