India, Dec. 18 -- A 76-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured on Monday after their scooter was hit by a speeding e-rickshaw in east Delhi's Jagatpuri, police said on Wednesday. The incident adds to the rising number of fatalities and road crashes involving e-rickshaws, with at least 24 deaths so far linked to the alleged negligence of rickshaw drivers.

A police officer aware of the matter identified the victims as Satnam Kaur and her husband Rajender Singh,78, residents of Rajgarh Colony in Gandhi Nagar.

Police have registered a case but the driver of the e-rickshaw, who fled the spot, has yet to be arrested.

The accident took place around 7 pm on Monday as the couple was returning home from a visit to a gurdwara on sco...