Marathi actor's car hits 2 labourers; 1 dies, other critically injured
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Mumbai: Marathi actor Urmila Kothare's car hit two workers, and one of them died in the early hours of Saturday. The accident happened in the Kandivali area of Mumbai, police informed.
Police said that the actor and her driver were also injured, PTI reported.
The incident took place when Kothare was returning home after finishing her shoot, he said.
"Kothare's car hit two labourers who were engaged in Metro rail work under the Poisar Metro station in Kandivali East shortly after midnight. While one labourer died, another was seriously injured. The actor and her driver were also injured in the accident. But they were saved as the airbags opened at the right time," the official of the Samta Nagar police station said.
As per the preliminary information, the driver lost control of the speeding vehicle, due to which it hit the victims working on the roadside, he said.
A case has been registered against the car driver, and an investigation is underway, he added.
Kothare has acted in a few films, including "Duniyadari" in Marathi and "Thank God" in Hindi.