Mumbai, March 31 A 65-year-old woman was killed and two others were injured after a speeding car crashed into an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai's Chembur area, police said on Tuesday.
The accident took place on Monday, and the deceased has been identified as Chand Bi Hussain Sheikh, according to officials from the Nehru Nagar Police Station.
The car driver was later arrested.
Another woman, Hafiza Baba Sheikh (35), and the auto-rickshaw driver, Virendra Prasad, were also injured in the accident, they said.
Police said that the two women had hired an auto-rickshaw from Govandi and were on their way to Chunabhati in Kurla (East). When the three-wheeler reached near Postal Colony in Chembur, a speeding car crashed into it.
Due to the impact, one of the women passengers, Chand Bi Sheikh, was thrown out of the auto-rickshaw and suffered serious head injuries after hitting the road divider. The other woman passenger and the auto-rickshaw driver were also injured in the accident, they said.
Local residents took all three victims to Rajawadi Hospital, where Chand Bi Sheikh was declared dead before admission, the police said.
The car driver fled the scene after the accident, but was later traced and arrested, they said.
A case has been registered against him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 106 (causing death by negligence).