Truck mows down two

New Delhi, September 16

A 64-year-old motor mechanic and his wife were mowed down on Monday by a dumper truck in Northwest Delhi's Jahangir Puri, police said. 

The deceased were identified as Hukum Chand and Beena Devi (55), residents of Karan Vihar in Kirari, said the police. The incident took place at around 6 am when Chand, his wife and their two children were returning Delhi from Himachal Pradesh, according to the police. "They got off the bus at a prepaid booth counter near the Outer Ring Road. When they were crossing the road, a dumper truck bearing a Haryana registration number hit them," said Vijayanta Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest). — PTI