India, Nov. 13 -- When 25-year-old Rakhi, who was nine months pregnant, complained of labour pain on Thursday morning, her husband hailed the first autorickshaw he could find outside their home in northeast Delhi's Sonia Vihar.

Minutes later, a truck rammed into the three-wheeler, killing two men and injuring Rakhi and her husband Raja. It was only after she was taken to Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital that her family learnt that her unborn child had not survived. "Rakhi is in critical condition. Raja, too, is injured and under treatment. We have not been able to gather the courage to inform Rakhi that her baby is no more. We don't even know if she will survive," said Reena, 34, Raja's sister. Rakhi is currently on life support in ...