1 dead, TV artists hurt in accident

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A well-known sound recordist was ****ed and two TV singers, contestants of music reality shows SaReGaMaPa and Indian Idol, were injured early Friday when the car they were in collided with a speeding truck on the outskirts of Jalna, 60km from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra.

Uday Dantale (45) died on the spot, while TV singers Apoorva Gajjala (19) and Rahul Saxena (29) and driver Deepak Ghorpade (30) were injured. Apoorva and Saxena are among the top contestants of reality shows — SaReGaMaPa and Indian Idol.

They were going back to Aurangabad after performing musical programme at Jalna. The four were first shifted to Deepak Hospital, Jalna. Later, Dantale, Apoorva and Ghorpade were rushed to Dhoot Hospital, Aurangabad, where the recordist was declared dead. Saxena is stable.

"Dantale died on the way. He was brought dead to the hospital," said Sudheer Moghe, Dhoot hospital's public relations officer. Dantale was also associated with Ellora festival, Aurangabad, for long. He is survived by wife Snehal.

"Apoorva has internal brain and facial injuries and has slipped into coma. But there has been no deterioration in her condition since morning," Dr Amol Kulkarni, critical care specialist at Dhoot Hospital, said adding Ghorpade too was critical.

Apoorva's parents, Kalpana and Krishna Mohan Gajjala, reached hospital from Mumbai around 8am on Friday.

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