PM Modi prays for her quick recovery.
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Famous Bollywood Actress and former MP Shabana Azmi was injured in a road accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra’s Raigad district today. According to reports her Safari car crashed into a truck from the rear as both the vehicles were moving towards Mumbai.
The incident took place around 3:30 pm near Khalapur, over 60 km from Mumbai, when the car in which she was traveling rammed into a truck, said Raigad Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar.
Shabana and the car’s driver were both rushed to LOCAL MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai and are undergoing treatment, he said.
Shabana was siting next to the driver and has reportedly sustained minor injuries on her face including neck and chin and near the eye.
As per preliminary information, her husband and noted lyricist Javed Akhtar was travelling in the car. Javed is safe.
Highway police patrol teams have rushed to investigate the accident site.
“The Safari was being driven by the driver followed by the Audi (in which Javed Akhtar was travelling). The driver tried to overtake and ended up crashing into the moving truck from the rear,” a report quoted an official saying in the matter.
Raigad Police: Actor Shabana Azmi & her driver got injured in accident near Kahalpur on Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Javed Akhtar was also present in the car, but he is safe. Their vehicle was hit by a truck while they were travelling from Pune to Mumbai. Injured shifted to MGM Hospital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the news of injury to film actress Shabana Azmi in an accident is distressing. He said, he prays for her quick recovery.
