Trapped in mangled car for 8hrs, couple bleeds to death

A couple from Delhi bled to death after being trapped inside their mangled car for nearly eight hours when it was crushed by an unidentified heavy vehicle on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Nuh, police said on Thursday.

- Debashish Karmakar

Investigators believe hundreds of vehicles likely passed the wreck through the night, yet none stopped or alerted authorities.

Based on the position of the bodies, police said that they believe the two may have remained alive for several hours after the collision. The husband, officers said, appeared to have reached out and held his wife in what may have been their final moments.

Police said the crash occurred sometime between 11.30pm and midnight near Nosera village in Nuh on Tuesday. However, the police control room received its first alert only at 7.30am on Wednesday. When officers reached the spot, they found the couple dead, still trapped inside the mangled vehicle.