Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini was on Thursday night injured in a road accident involving her Mercedes and a Maruti Alto car in which one child occupant of the other vehicle was killed, officials said.
The 66-year-old actress received a stitch on her head and is reported to be fine, according to her close aide.
Hema Malini was rushed to Fortis hospital here from the accident spot in Dausa, 60 km from here, and is undergoing medical scans.
Doctors at the Fortis hospital said she suffered injuries on the forehead and a CT scan and other tests were being conducted.
“The accident occurred on national highway 11 near Dausa Midway at around 9 p.m. when the car in which Hema Malini was travelling collided with another car. One five-year old was killed who was in the other car. Four others who were injured in the accident have been admitted in Dausa hospital,” a police official told IANS on phone.
According to reports, her Mercedes rammed into an Alto car when she was on her way to Jaipur from Agra. Four people were sitting in the car and all of them are said to be in a critical condition. According to TV reports, one child has died in the accident.
TV footage showed the actress bleeding on the forehead area above the right eye.
There were five occupants in the Alto car–2 women, 2 children and a man, a Dausa district official said
Dausa Collector Swaroop Panwar said a girl child in the Alto car died in the accident near Dausa Highway at 8.50 PM while two of the remaining survivors were seriously injured.
Two of the four injured were admitted to SMS hospital in Jaipur while two are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dausa, he said.
Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura, was proceeding to Jaipur from Mathura in her Mercedes Benz while the other vehicle was proceding to Lalsoth from Jaipur. Further details were awaited.