Angelina Jolie's driver in second bike smash

Oct 13, 2006, 14:05 GMT

Brad Pitt (R) and Angelina Jolie travel with their adopted son Maddox in a three-wheeler autorickshaw in the western Indian city of Pune October 8, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer

Angelina Jolie's minders have been involved in a hit and run in India.

Witnesses told police the 'Tomb Raider' actress' two body guards ran a red light in their black 4x4, hit a couple on a motorcycle and drove off.

The guards were following Angelina's car as it ferried her from her hotel to the film set of 'A Mighty Heart', in Pune. The couple have not yet been named.

On Wednesday (11.10.06) Angelina's car knocked over a cyclist while trying to dodge paparazzi.

The cyclist, 19-year-old Mittal Rawat, wasn't seriously injured. He reportedly said: "One vehicle knocked me off my bike but just sped away."

Meanwhile, Angelina has sparked a race row after being cast in 'A Mighty Heart' as the mixed race widow of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl.

The casting decision has angered black campaign groups who are furious a white woman has been chosen for the role.

One outraged person wrote on website blacklooks.org: "I had assumed the days when white actors took on roles of black people had long passed."

In the film - which is being produced by the actress' boyfriend Brad Pitt - Angelina plays French journalist Mariane Pearl, who was five months pregnant when her husband was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002.

The Wall Street Journal reporter was later beheaded.

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