<p>Two eminent Marathi film and television actors and a child were killed when their car met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Anand Abhyankar (50) and Akshay Pendse (33) were on their way to Mumbai last night, when their car collided with a Pune-bound tempo which lost control and crashed into the lane divider, Wadgaon Maval police sub-inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi said.<br /><br />Both the actors and Akshay Pendse's two-year-old son Pratyush were killed while his wife suffered injuries in the accident.<br /><br />Pendse's wife was admitted to Lokmanya hospital in Nigdi.<br />"The tempo driver has been arrested and a case has been registered under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 279 of IPC against him," Suryavanshi added.<br /><br />The duo were a part of many popular television serials including 'Mala Sasoo Havi'.<br />Abhyankar had starred in several Marathi films like 'Spandan', 'Vastav', 'Pappa Sanga Kunache', 'Matichya Chuli', 'Balgandharva' and also performed in play 'Kurtyat Sada Tingalam'.<br /><br />He had also acted in more than 15 Hindi TV serials including 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai', 'Pappu Can't Dance Saala' and 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.<br />Pendse acted in television serials and a few movies including 'Kai Dyayche Bola'.</p>
<p>Two eminent Marathi film and television actors and a child were killed when their car met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Anand Abhyankar (50) and Akshay Pendse (33) were on their way to Mumbai last night, when their car collided with a Pune-bound tempo which lost control and crashed into the lane divider, Wadgaon Maval police sub-inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi said.<br /><br />Both the actors and Akshay Pendse's two-year-old son Pratyush were killed while his wife suffered injuries in the accident.<br /><br />Pendse's wife was admitted to Lokmanya hospital in Nigdi.<br />"The tempo driver has been arrested and a case has been registered under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 279 of IPC against him," Suryavanshi added.<br /><br />The duo were a part of many popular television serials including 'Mala Sasoo Havi'.<br />Abhyankar had starred in several Marathi films like 'Spandan', 'Vastav', 'Pappa Sanga Kunache', 'Matichya Chuli', 'Balgandharva' and also performed in play 'Kurtyat Sada Tingalam'.<br /><br />He had also acted in more than 15 Hindi TV serials including 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai', 'Pappu Can't Dance Saala' and 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.<br />Pendse acted in television serials and a few movies including 'Kai Dyayche Bola'.</p>