Couple die as dumper truck hits bike

New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) A young couple died in the Uttam Nagar area of west Delhi this evening after a speeding dumper truck hit their bike.

According to the police, Tarun Nigam (28) and his wife Sandhya (26) were on their bike, when the dumper truck hit them from rear at around 1800 hrs in Bindapur near Navada village.

In severely injured condition, both were rushed to the Deendayal Upadhyay Hospital but were declared brought dead.

The couple, who have a mobile repairing institute, were going from Nawada to Dwarka. They are survived by an eight-month-old son, police informed.

The driver of the truck has been arrested and the vehicle impounded, it added.

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