New Delhi, April 10 -- A speeding car mowed down an elderly couple, a 66-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife, under a foot overbridge when they were crossing the main carriageway of the GT Karnal Road, towards Libaspur, in Swaroop Nagar area, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 8am, they said.

Police said the driver of the car, a Hyundai Creta, took the victims to hospital and added that he has not been arrested yet.

Officers said the police control room received a call at 8.36am from Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, informing them about the fatal accident. The woman, Rampyari Nath, was declared dead on arrival and her husband, Somdutt Nath, died during treatment, police said. They were residents of the Sindhi Colo...