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In images Gayatri Joshi & a glimpse of the car crash/ Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons & Videograb

Swades actress Gayatri Joshi, her husband meet car accident in Italy, crash leaves 2 dead

| @indiablooms | Oct 05, 2023, at 03:40 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Actor Gayatri Joshi, who acted alongside Shah Rukh Khan in 'Swades', met with a car accident as she was travelling in Italy with her husband Vikas Oberoi.

Gayatri and her businessman husband were on a vacation in Sardinia when this accident took place.

According to reports, the couple's car collided with several cars and a camper car.

As per Vikas Oberoi's manager, the couple is doing fine.

The incident occurred during the Sardinia Supercar Tour, which featured a luxury car parade from Teulada to Olbia.

Gayatri and her husband were driving their Lamborghini when their luxury car collided with a Ferrari and a camper van.

The collision resulted in an overturn on a rural road in Sardinia, and several automobiles crashed.

As per media reports the Ferrari caught fire, killing the passengers, Melissa Krautli, 63, and Markus Krautli, 67. The couple was originally from Switzerland.

Gayatri Joshi, who was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra, began her career as a video jockey. She left the city to chase her goal of becoming the Femina India beauty pageant winner.

After representing India at Miss International 2000 following her win at the Femina Miss India International title 2000, she starred in Ashutosh Gowariker's directorial 2004 movie 'Swades', which is all about an NRI NASA engineer who visits his Indian roots. The movie received positive reviews, and Gayatri Joshi was praised for her "mature" portrayal.

In 2005, she tied the knot with businessman Vikas Oberoi. She has also worked as an advertising model and appeared in a number of music videos, including Hans Raj Hans' 'Jhanjaria and 'Kaghaz Ki Kashti' by Jagjit Singh.

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