UAE: Six dead, 19 hurt in UAE accident

Abu Dhabi: Six people died and 19 were injured in a horrific accident between a bus and a truck in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning.

Police said the accident took place on the outskirts of the UAE capital heading towards Dubai and was caused by careless driving.

A video released on Abu Dhabi Police's Instagram page showed two heavy trucks in the right hand lane slowing down because a car had appeared to stop or slow down in front of them, before a bus plowed into the back of the second truck.

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Because of the thoughtless driver’s behavior, 6 people died and 19 were injured in a traffic accident in Abu Dhabi. . The collision of a passenger bus and a truck resulted in the death of 6 people and the injury of 19 others, which varied between the eloquent and the simple, which occurred this morning (Thursday) on Al-Raha Beach Street towards the outside. Lt. Col. Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Hosani, Head of the Traffic Investigations Department in the External Traffic Traffic Department in the Directorate, stated that the command and control center in the Operations Department in the Central Operations Sector of Abu Dhabi Police received a dawn today, Thursday, indicating the occurrence of a traffic collision between a truck and a bus. The Abu Dhabi Police specialized in securing the site and planning the accident. He pointed out that the speed of response to traffic patrols, ambulance and rescue vehicles of the Directorate of Emergency and Public Safety as well as the participation of the mobile field hospital, where treatment was provided for some cases, and others were quickly transferred to hospitals to receive the necessary treatment. He pointed out that field measures have been taken to secure the road and evacuate it from the damaged vehicles, as the movement has been diverted from Sheikh Zayed Bridge towards Al Maqta Bridge, and the road has been returned to its normal state. In turn, Abu Dhabi Police revealed through the surveillance cameras (Falcon Eye) in cooperation with the Follow-up and Control Center - Abu Dhabi that the main cause of the accident is the result of a reckless behavior of a vehicle driver who was walking in front of the truck and confusing its driver, which forced the truck driver to stop in order to avoid his shock, and in turn, returned Major Abdullah Khamis Al-Azizi The Head of the Investigation and Serious Accidents Department at the Traffic Department for External Traffic at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police said that the primary causes of the accident were excessive speed and the bus driver’s failure to observe the road conditions which led to the accident. Abu Dhabi Police have warned of some irrational and irresponsible behavior of some drivers, which leads to confusion, harm to others and threatens their safety on the road. Al-Azizi called on the drivers of vehicles and road users to take care and caution, adhere to the prescribed speeds, not to engage in other than the road, and to observe the road conditions. The incident was supervised in the field by Brigadier General Mohammed Dhahi Al-Humairi, Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate and Colonel Mohammed Al-Shehhi, Director of the Traffic Department for Overseas Areas. @abudhabimcc .. # in_Abu Dhabi #InAbuDhabi #Abu Dhabi_Security_and Safety #Abudhabi_safe_and_secure # Emirates # Abu Dhabi # Abu Dhabi Police # news_Abu Dhabi Police # security media #UAE #AbuDhabi #ADPolice #ADPolice_news #security_media

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Of the dead, five were women, one from Nepal and one from Sri Lanka, while the Pakistani bus driver was the only man who died in the crash. The nationalities of the other three deceased are yet to be confirmed.

Meanwhile, the Nepalese embassy confirmed that 16 of the 19 injured were Nepalese citizens.

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