Four killed in Dubai road accidents
Two of the victims were praying on roadside when a driver ran over them after losing control of vehicle
Four people, including a 16-year-old girl, were killed and 12 injured in road accidents in Dubai during the past 48 hours, Dubai Police said yesterday.
In yesterday’s accident on Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, two people died after a man who was driving at high speed ran over a group of people who were performing Magrib prayers on roadside, after a tyre burst, Dubai Police said.
The Asian identified as G.M. was driving a 4X4 vehicle and lost control and rammed into the group of people on the side of the road before the bridge towards Sharjah. Three of the six suffered serious injuries.
On Friday, a sudden, violent swerve by a four-wheel-drive vehicle claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl, Dubai Police confirmed to Gulf News yesterday.
This was the first known fatal accident on Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road in Dubai, following the reduction of the speed limit from 120km/h to 110km/h on October 15.
Police confirmed that the deadly accident took place in front of Silicon Oasis in the Sharjah-bound lane.
The 42-year-old driver and the passengers — all Jordanians — were rushed to hospital, but the girl was pronounced dead on arrival. Earlier yesterday, a man was killed and another injured at 2am, when his vehicle crashed into the back of a truck on Ras Al Khor road.
In the afternoon, a motorbike driver suffered serious injuries on Umm Suqeim road as he was slowing down before a traffic signal when a car hit him from behind.
In another accident on Friday, an Asian truck driver escaped death on Jebel Ali road on the way to Al Maktoum International Airport roundabout when he lost control of the truck and the vehicle flipped over and caught fire.