The Mumbai police on Saturday apprehended the driving force of Urmila Kanetkar Kothare after the Marathi movie actor’s automobile ran over two development web site employees. The police stated one of many labourers succumbed to his accidents, whereas the actor, her driver and one other labourer sustained accidents and had been hospitalised.
In keeping with the police, the incident happened round 12.45 am on Saturday. “The actor was returning residence after assembly a good friend when the accident happened,” a police officer stated.
The actor, who was seated within the again seat, had dropped a good friend at Jogeshwari and was heading residence in Thane by way of Godbunder Street when her driver, recognized as Gajanan Pal, allegedly misplaced management of the car close to Poisar Metro station in Kandivali.
“The driving force and the actor instructed us that the driving force of one other car was driving rashly and overtook their automobile. To keep away from hitting that car, Pal swerved, dropping management of the automobile,” stated senior police inspector Anil Patil. He added that police had been analyzing CCTV footage to find out the precise explanation for the accident.
The automobile crashed right into a barricade after which into the labourers who had been working close to Poisar Metro station. Round 5 employees had been putting in an underground pipeline there. “One of many two employees, recognized as Samratdas Jitendra Das, was declared lifeless on arrival on the hospital, whereas the injured employee was recognized as Sujan Ravidas. The actor additionally sustained accidents and is present process therapy at a personal hospital,” a police officer stated.
The police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving towards the actor’s driver at Samta Nagar police station. “The driving force is in our custody,” Patil stated.
The police have additionally seized the Hyundai automobile bearing registration quantity MH-47-AG-7657, and picked up blood samples of the driving force to find out if he was driving inebriated. “We’re additionally attempting to find out whether or not he dozed off whereas driving, which can have induced him to lose management of the automobile. We’re probing each facet of the incident,” an officer stated.
Urmila is the spouse of Adinath Kothare, the son of veteran Marathi movie director Mahesh Kothare.
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