Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi seriously injured in car accident

Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi has been seriously injured in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Express in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Saturday afternoon.

Her husband and popular lyricist Javed Akhtar was also in the car but did not suffer injuries, according to Indian news media.

The accident took place around 3:30 pm (Indian time) near Khalapur, about 60 kilometres from Mumbai, when the Tata Safari SUV the 69-year-old actor was travelling in, rammed a truck from behind.

According to reports, the actress was rushed to MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai and is undergoing treatment.