Dibba, Fujairah: An Emirati woman and four Asian men died, while four others were seriously injured, in two separate road accidents in Dibba town of Fujairah on Wednesday, Fujairah Police confirmed.
Lieutenant Colonel Dr Saeed Al Hassani, Director of Media and Public Relations Department of Fujairah Police, said the two accidents occurred on Wednesday at different times.
In the first accident, four Asian men died while three others were seriously injured after their Toyota LandCruiser crashed into a vehicle being driven by an Emirati man on Al Hala Road.
The LandCruiser was being driven by a 28-year-old Syrian man, identified as A.B.A.T., who was accompanied by six workers at the time of the incident.
LandCruiser smashed into the oncoming vehicle as both joining the road from different sides.
Three Asian men died on the spot while the fourth died after a few hours of being rushed to the Dibba Fujairah hospital.
The injured were confined at Dibba-Fujairah hospital.
Tragic incident
In the second accident, a 45-year-old Emirati mother identified as M.A.A. died after her 18-year-old son lost control of his vehicle and collided with two other cars in Dibba, Fujairah.
The accident occurred around 3.25pm on Al Rashidyah Road in Dibba when the 18-year-old was driving at high speed and tried to overtake two other vehicles.
The Emirati mother was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident and her son was moved to Dibba Fujairah hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, a close relative of the Emirati woman told Gulf News that the woman had been informed of her father’s death in Dibba and she and her son were on their way.
In a state of shock at the sad news, her son was trying to reach his mother to Dibba as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the woman too died before she could see her father’s body, the relative said.
Funeral prayers were held for the woman and her father on Wednesday after Ishaa prayer at Shaikh Rashid Bin Ahmad Al Qassimi mosque.
The Emirati woman and her father were buried in Al Dhahoreen cemetery in Dibba Al Hison.
The two cases were referred to the concerned authority to complete the legal procedures.
