Police said the driver, identified as Abdul Qayyum, was drunk and tried to drive away without stopping after hitting the victim. 

Seriously injured Yamuna was initially taken to KMC and later to Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital where she died without responding to treatment, police said. 

Abdul Qayyum has been arrested under section for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and  remanded, Anna Square traffic police said.

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