A fun filled night out became a nightmare for Charu Khandal, who led the team that recently won the National award for lighting tricks in Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One. Charu together with her sister Ritu and friend Vikrant Goyal met with a terrible accident on Sunday night leaving Charu and her friend Vikrant battling for life.

Charu, who works as an animator at SRK's Red Chillies, was returning home together with her sister and friend, after celebrating her National Award win, when the automobile rickshaw she was traveling in got hit by a speeding black Honda city at Oshiwara. The trio was immediately rushed to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital where Charu and Vikrant slipped into coma.

Charu has suffered multiple fractures in head, ribs, spine, neck and legs while Ritu and Goyal have also received severe injuries within the accident. In step with the doctors her condition may be very critical and her probabilities of survival are very low.

39 year old Manoj Gautam, who was driving the Honda city, was tested positive for driving inebriated. He was arrested yesterday for rash and negligent driving but was subsequently let off on a bail of Rs. 5,000.