Overview

• The Indian Embassy in Italy confirmed the deaths of Javed Akhtar and Nadira Gulshan near Grosseto and said it is assisting the family.
• Reports say a truck struck a broken-down van being pushed on the roadside, which then collided with the tourists’ minibus on the Aurelia highway.
• The minibus driver also died at the scene, and the Akhtars’ three children were seriously injured.
• Daughter Arzoo is reported critical in Siena, while Shifa and Jazel are under treatment in hospitals in Florence and Grosseto.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Nagpur district collector Vipin Itankar are working with the embassy on repatriation and legal formalities.