Nagpur, Oct. 4 -- Prominent city hotelier Javed Akhtar (57), proprietor of Gulshan Plaza at Sitabuldi, and his wife Nadira lost their lives in a road accident near Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. Their three children Arzoo, Zezel and Shifa sustained critical injuries.
The family, who had embarked on a Europe tour covering France and Italy since September 22, met with the fatal accident while travelling in a nine-seater tourist mini-bus along with other Asian passengers.
The incident occurred around 9 am on Thursday on the Aurelia state highway when a stationary van being pushed aside was struck by a truck, which in turn rammed into the mini-bus. The impact claimed the lives of Javed, Nadira, and the bus driver on the spot, leaving the vehicle...