A Metro worker was killed, and another was seriously injured after being struck Marathi actor Urmila Kothare’s car in Mumbai’s Kandivali area early Saturday, police said.
The actor and her driver were also injured in the accident, an official said. The accident took place shortly after midnight as Kothare was returning home from a film shoot.
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“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 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.
Preliminary findings suggest the driver lost control of the speeding vehicle, which then struck the workers, police said. A case has been filed against the driver, and an investigation is underway.
Kothare is known for her roles in Marathi films such as Duniyadari and the Hindi film Thank God.