Showing posts with label Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Show all posts
I was drowsy because of the medicine. Suddenly my eyes started to shut on the Expressway-Hemant Birje
8:21 AM
Vinay MR Mishra (HINDUSTAN TIMES; January 14, 2022)
Actor Hemant Birje, his wife Amana, and daughter Reshma are recuperating from injuries after they met with an accident on Tuesday night. Birje says, “I am alright now. Yes, I have body pain, a few injuries on my forehead. My wife is also hurt. But God has been kind that we are alive.”
Birje was driving to his “birth and native place” Pune from Mumbai, when his car rammed into the road divider at the Urse toll booth on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway.
Narrating the episode, Birje shares, “I had tablets for the viral fever. I was drowsy because of the medicine. Suddenly my eyes were shutting on the Express Highway. Once you close your eyes (then) right-left jo aaya usko thokte chale gaye.”
Although Birje’s car crashed and was “outbalanced”, no one else was hurt. “The locals took us to the hospital. I was unconscious till then,” he recalls.
Birje “regrets” driving despite him feeling drowsy. “Now when I think about it, I should have stopped and slept for some time. Pune was just 30 minutes away so I thought I’ll stretch it. I will reach home and sleep nicely. And it’s even written on those medicines that one shouldn’t drive after taking them. I didn’t read them,” he laments.
No action has been taken against Birje, he reveals the police was cordial and cooperative.
Adventures Of Tarzan actor Hemant Birje, wife & kid injured in car accident
8:27 AM
THE TIMES OF INDIA (January 13, 2022)
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.
Shabana Azmi injured in Mumbai-Pune Expressway accident
8:06 AM
Umesh K Parida (THE TIMES OF INDIA; January 19, 2020)
Navi Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi suffered head and spinal injuries as her SUV rammed into a truck at Kumbhivali village ahead of the Khalapur toll plaza on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway around 4pm on Saturday. Doctors said her injuries are not critical.
Highway safety patrol inspector Sudam Pachorkar said, “The driver lost control and dashed into the rear of a truck, leading to the mishap. The driver escaped unhurt.” They were travelling in Azmi’s Tata Safari Storme.
She was rushed to MGM hospital in Kamothe, and later shifted to Kokilaben Ambani hospital in Andheri as she was vitally stable.
Doctors at the hospital said her injuries were not critical and can be managed.
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Azmi’s driver was overspeeding, has been booked for rash driving
Umesh K Parida (THE TIMES OF INDIA; January 19, 2020)
Actor Shabana Azmi, who met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday, “suffered injuries to her head on the left with subdural haematoma and injuries to the right side orbit and cervical spine. No other injuries have been found,” said MGM Hospital medical superintendent Lt Gen (Retired) Dr Kuldip R Salgotra. “She is vitally stable and has been shifted to Kokilaben Ambani hospital in Andheri.”
Dr Santosh Shetty, executive director and CEO of Kokilaben Ambani hospital, said, “Veteran actor Ms Shabana Azmi has been admitted at Kokilaben Ambani hospital. She is stable and under observation.”
Azmi’s husband, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, and others were said to be in another car behind hers on the highway. MSRDC deployed quick response vehicle (QRV) staffers, who took her on a stretcher after pulling her out of the damaged SUV. The actor was taken in a QRV ambulance to the hospital.
Khalapur police inspector Vishvajeet Kaingade said, “The SUV was speeding on the Expressway and was trying to overtake another vehicle and in that process the driver lost control and hit a truck. Only the driver and Shabana Azmi were inside the SUV. Javed Akhtar and a few others were in a different vehicle. She was seated in the middle row.”
Khalapur police said, “The SUV’s driver Kamlesh Kamath (38), a resident of Andheri, has been booked for rash and negligent driving under IPC sections 279 and 337 besides Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act. He has not been arrested.” The SUV was overspeeding on the second lane. It tried to overtake wrongly by plying on the third lane, instead of the first. It hit the rear of a loaded truck on the third lane. MGM Hospital security chief Anil K Jha said, “Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar were headed to his bungalow, Sukoon, in Khandala.”
Jha said several prominent personalities called up Akhtar at MGM Hospital to inquire about the actor. Quoting Akhtar, Jha said, “Among those who called Akhtar ji were (actors) Tina Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Dharmendra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Union minister Rajnath Singh, among others.” Visitors at the hospital included composer Shankar Mahadevan and former Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “The news of @AzmiShabana Ji’s injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery.”
Navi Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi suffered head and spinal injuries as her SUV rammed into a truck at Kumbhivali village ahead of the Khalapur toll plaza on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway around 4pm on Saturday. Doctors said her injuries are not critical.Highway safety patrol inspector Sudam Pachorkar said, “The driver lost control and dashed into the rear of a truck, leading to the mishap. The driver escaped unhurt.” They were travelling in Azmi’s Tata Safari Storme.
She was rushed to MGM hospital in Kamothe, and later shifted to Kokilaben Ambani hospital in Andheri as she was vitally stable.
Doctors at the hospital said her injuries were not critical and can be managed.
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Azmi’s driver was overspeeding, has been booked for rash driving
Umesh K Parida (THE TIMES OF INDIA; January 19, 2020)
Actor Shabana Azmi, who met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday, “suffered injuries to her head on the left with subdural haematoma and injuries to the right side orbit and cervical spine. No other injuries have been found,” said MGM Hospital medical superintendent Lt Gen (Retired) Dr Kuldip R Salgotra. “She is vitally stable and has been shifted to Kokilaben Ambani hospital in Andheri.”
Dr Santosh Shetty, executive director and CEO of Kokilaben Ambani hospital, said, “Veteran actor Ms Shabana Azmi has been admitted at Kokilaben Ambani hospital. She is stable and under observation.”
Azmi’s husband, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, and others were said to be in another car behind hers on the highway. MSRDC deployed quick response vehicle (QRV) staffers, who took her on a stretcher after pulling her out of the damaged SUV. The actor was taken in a QRV ambulance to the hospital.
Khalapur police inspector Vishvajeet Kaingade said, “The SUV was speeding on the Expressway and was trying to overtake another vehicle and in that process the driver lost control and hit a truck. Only the driver and Shabana Azmi were inside the SUV. Javed Akhtar and a few others were in a different vehicle. She was seated in the middle row.”
Khalapur police said, “The SUV’s driver Kamlesh Kamath (38), a resident of Andheri, has been booked for rash and negligent driving under IPC sections 279 and 337 besides Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act. He has not been arrested.” The SUV was overspeeding on the second lane. It tried to overtake wrongly by plying on the third lane, instead of the first. It hit the rear of a loaded truck on the third lane. MGM Hospital security chief Anil K Jha said, “Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar were headed to his bungalow, Sukoon, in Khandala.”
Jha said several prominent personalities called up Akhtar at MGM Hospital to inquire about the actor. Quoting Akhtar, Jha said, “Among those who called Akhtar ji were (actors) Tina Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Dharmendra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Union minister Rajnath Singh, among others.” Visitors at the hospital included composer Shankar Mahadevan and former Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “The news of @AzmiShabana Ji’s injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery.”
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