Mercedes crashes into car, killing 70-year-old woman in Delhi

A 70-year-old woman was killed on Saturday morning after a Mercedes-Benz collided head-on with another car in Delhi's Narela area, police said. The victim, identified as Urmila, was a pedestrian who was out for a morning walk when the crash occurred at approximately 8 a.m. near Himalayas Apartment in the Mamurpur locality.

According to the preliminary investigation, the Mercedes, driven by a man named Shubham, struck a Maruti WagonR at high speed. The force of the impact propelled the WagonR backward, causing it to collide with a parked three-wheeler loading van. Urmila was caught between the WagonR and the van and sustained fatal injuries, dying at the scene. The driver of the WagonR suffered minor injuries and received medical treatment. No other serious injuries were reported.

Police arrested Shubham at the scene. Sources identified him as the son of a sub-inspector in the Haryana Police. Eyewitnesses alleged that he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Visuals from the scene showed a liquor bottle in the car's cup holder. Police stated the Mercedes belonged to a friend of the driver, who had borrowed it a day earlier. Following his...