India, Feb. 25 -- Gurugram

A speeding Scorpio vehicle mowed down a couple on a morning walk near Gate No.2 of Sector 46 around 7.15am on Sunday, leaving the woman "brain-dead" by the night and the man severely injured with deep cuts and bruises, police said on Monday.

Identifying the couple as Satbir Singh, 40, and his wife Adesh Kaur, 37, police said the impact of the collision was so severe that the woman was flung in the air for around 15 feet and landed on the vehicle as it was moving forward, but the driver fled the spot without stopping to help them. A case was filed at the Sector 50 police station, they said.

Police said they traced the car and its owner, but the suspect was on the run.

"SUV owner, Kailash Saini, a property dea...