India, April 10 -- New Delhi

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, under Swaroop Nagar locality, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 8am, they said.

Police said the driver of the car, a Creta, took the victims to hospital and no arrest has been made in the case yet.

Officers said they received a PCR call about the incident at 8.36am from Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, informing them about the fatal accident. The woman, 65-year-old Rampyari Nath, was declared dead on arrival and her husband, 66-year-old Somdutt Nath, died during treatment, police said. Th...