Fourteen killed in pile-up in United Arab Emirates
A lorry and several vehicles were involved in the crash in Fujairah, according to police.
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Fourteen people have been killed and thirty injured in a road accident in the emirate of Fujairah. Fujairah police and Reuters reported this, based on preliminary information.
According to police, the accident happened shortly before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to Fujairah. Police said a lorry driver lost control of the vehicle, after which the lorry hit another vehicle and struck several vehicles that had stopped because of slow-moving traffic.
According to police, a fire broke out in the lorry after the collision and spread to several damaged vehicles. Emergency services, firefighters, ambulances and police attended the scene. Police closed the road and took the injured to hospitals.
Of the thirty injured, fifteen had been discharged from hospital, according to police. The other fifteen were still receiving treatment. Emiratis were among those killed; the identities of some victims still had to be established through DNA testing.
The authorities describe the information as preliminary. Reuters reported that the crash involved a lorry and several vehicles. Different reports give different numbers of vehicles involved; for that reason, we do not treat that number as established.
Fujairah lies on the eastern side of the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman. The route connects the emirate with other parts of the country and carries heavy lorry traffic. The precise cause of the loss of control and the conditions on the road are still being investigated.
The accident has no direct consequences for traffic in the Netherlands, but is international news because of the high number of victims and the scale of the collision. New information about the cause, the identities of victims and the condition of the injured could still change the preliminary picture.
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The preliminary casualty figures, location and involvement of a lorry were confirmed by Reuters and local police. Uncertain details about the cause and the number of vehicles were not presented as established facts.
- confirmed Fourteen people were killed and thirty injured. — Reported by Fujairah Police and Reuters. source
- confirmed The accident happened on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road. — Mentioned by Reuters and local police. source
- confirmed Fifteen injured people had been discharged and fifteen were still receiving treatment. — Reported by Fujairah Police via Reuters. source
Editor's note
The casualty figures and location were provisionally reported by the authorities. The cause and the exact number of vehicles involved have not yet been definitively established.Sources
- UAE says 14 killed, 30 injured in Fujairah traffic accident — Reuters via StreetInsider
- شرطة الفجيرة تكشف تفاصيل الحادث المروري الجسيم — Emarat Al Youm
More on this in Dutch media
- Het Parool — „fujairah verenigde arabische emiraten”
- Trouw — „fujairah verenigde arabische emiraten”
- NRC — „fujairah verenigde arabische emiraten”