Young bride killed in Sharjah car crash

A newly-wed woman was killed and her husband badly injured in a car crash in Sharjah on Monday.

Hiam Al Kaabi, 25, from the Comoros Islands, was en route to visit her family in Dibba when the accident happened.

Police said the young couple were married on Friday in Ras Al Khaimah.

Officers were alerted to the incident at 2pm and sent ambulances to the scene.

Mrs Al Kaabi was pronounced dead on arrival at Al Qassimi Hospital in the emirate, and her husband was admitted to an intensive care unit.

Lt Saud Al Shaiba, spokesman for Sharjah Police, said the groom, an Emirati, had driven into the back of a lorry and their vehicle swerved off the road.

One of Mrs Al Kaabi’s close friends, Shaima Al Hamoudi,

The couple were planning a honeymoon in Phuket, Thailand, after Eid Al Adha

26, told how she had spoken to the couple 24 hours before the accident. She said the pair had been looking forward to honeymooning in Phuket, Thailand, soon after Eid Al Adha.

“She was so excited about the trip and looked gorgeous at her wedding,” Ms Al Hamoudi said. “I called her on Sunday night and she was staying at a hotel in Dubai and was planning to visit her family next day. She was the youngest daughter in the family, her father died before she was born and her mother was recently found to have cancer.

“I still can’t believe that she is not here any more and that I can’t call her and hear her voice,” Ms Al Hamoudi said. “We met at school in 2009 and became best friends. She was such a cheerful person and full of life. She had a smile that could bring joy to your heart.”

Funeral prayers for the bride were held in Sheikh Zayed mosque in Dibba on Monday evening before her body was buried in Dibba cemetery.