Pune: Bollywood actor of “Adventures Of Tarzan” (1985) fame Hemant Birje, his wife and daughter suffered minor injuries after the car they were travelling in rammed into a divider on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway near Urse about 30km from here on Tuesday night.

Shirgaon Chowkey inspector Satyawan Mane said, “The injuries of the actor, his wife and daughter are minor. They were taken to a private hospital near Talegaon Dabhade.”

Mane said, “We have recorded the actor’s statement. He was driving the car and claimed to have lost control of the wheel as he dozed off.”

Mane said the accident happened around 8 pm near the Urse toll plaza, when the Birje family was coming to Pune from Mumbai.

“After Birje lost control, the car hit the divider on the expressway,” Mane said. He said the family was immediately taken to a hospital near Talegaon Dabhade.