New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- A 26-year-old woman, a lawyer from Jharkhand, was killed after a speeding garbage-laden truck allegedly jumped a red light and crashed into her as she was crossing the road at Lal Chowk in Okhla, south Delhi, on Wednesday morning, police said.

Eyewitnesses told police that the woman, identified as Nanjot Kaur, was crossing when the pedestrian signal turned green. A truck belonging to a private contractor working with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) allegedly ignored the traffic light, hit her at high speed, and left her fatally injured. The driver fled, abandoning the vehicle.

Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Hemant Tiwari said that the Okhla Industrial Area police station received a call about th...