Woman mowed down by truck in Lajpat Nagar

A 60-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorcycle was killed after the two-wheeler was hit by a truck in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar today morning, the police said.

The deceased, Noor Jahan , was returning home after a check-up at Safdarjung Hospital when an Indian Oil truck, bearing a Delhi registration number, hit the Splendor motorcycle on the Ring Road around 9.50am, a police official said.

She was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead. Her post-mortem examination was conducted at AIIMS. Her son, who was riding the motorcycle, escaped with minor injuries, the official said.

The truck driver, Kamlesh, 40, was arrested, he added.