At around 6:30 PM on Saturday, the actor met with a road accident near Shreeji restaurant junction in Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai.
Reportedly, he was coming from Goregaon side when a cyclist suddenly came in front of his car. In a bid to save him, the actor took a sharp turn and consequently hit three cars parked by the road with his BMW X 5 SUV. Because of the car's speed being high, Sidharth lost his control over the wheels and rammed his car onto the divider.
The incident took place near Shreeji restaurant, which is just a few minutes away from Oshiwara police station.
Soon after the accident, Police arrived at the spot and after Siddharth was rescued from his wrecked car, he was taken into custody in sent for a medical examination. The police have registered a case of rash driving.
Onlookers present at the site of the accident, took to Twitter to share the details of the dreadful event.
One spectator posted that the hit was so bad that the car's tyre immediately burst. "I was in the building next to it, there was a loud blast..people inside the building thought it was a cylinder blast at shreeji restaurant, but then saw the accident on road..don't know who was at fault but the red car was on the wrong side of the road..."
Another resident of the area posted: "Yes, it's second major accident in this year. It's the back road of Lokhandwala which is straight and deserted and then there is a curve towards Lokhandwala circle, a lot of people they are invincible and the turn at high speed resulting in accidents."
The car's doors had got locked because of which Sidharth got trapped inside the SUV. People, however, were quick to react as they rescued him by breaking the rear glass of the car.
Here are few pictures and videos of the accident shared by the localites on their Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/Lokhandwala_Bom/status/1020940386204778497
https://twitter.com/Lokhandwala_Bom/status/1020681373122744320
https://twitter.com/Lokhandwala_Bom/status/1020661495347261440
https://twitter.com/Lokhandwala_Bom/status/1020656465667870720
https://twitter.com/Lokhandwala_Bom/status/1020656465667870720
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