Ludhiana, April 7 -- A woman was killed and a man, believed to be a police personnel, injured after a speeding truck-suspected to have suffered a brake failure-crashed into multiple vehicles waiting at a red light at Vardhman Chowk on Sunday afternoon

According to eyewitnesses, several vehicles were halted at the traffic signal at Vardhman Chowk when a speeding truck ploughed through the line of waiting vehicles, hitting a car, a motorcycle and an auto rickshaw. A woman who had just stepped out of the auto rickshaw was caught in the crash and crushed under the vehicles. She died on the spot.

The truck eventually veered off the road and came to a halt. Police said the driver fled the scene after the accident and searches were on to nab h...