BJP MP Hema Malini injured, one child killed in Dausa road accident

Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini's has been injured in an accident after her car collided with another vehicle in Rajasthan's Dausa.

BJP MP Hema Malini injured, one child killed in Dausa road accident

Jaipur: Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini's was on Thursday injured in an accident after her car collided with another vehicle in Rajasthan's Dausa.

The accident occurred on the Agra-Jaipur highway when Malini was returning from Mathura to Jaipur. The two cars involved were the BJP MP's Mercedes and an Alto.

Hema Malini suffered head injuries in the crash and was rushed to Fortis hospital in Jaipur, while a four-year-old child, in the other vehicle, was killed.

There were five occupants in the Alto car - two women, two 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.

The MP's driver sustained leg injuries. After the incident, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tweeted that she's deeply saddened by the news of Dausa accident and wrote, "I pray for the victims​. We're making all efforts to provide immediate relief and medical care."

Meanwhile, some media reports said that a case of over-speeding and negligence has been registered.

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