UAE | Crime
Seven people killed in construction accident at Dubai Marina
20 people were also injured when a pillar and scaffolding collapsed on a bridge under construction on Suffouh Road
- by Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
- Published: 19:49 November 8, 2007
- Image Credit: Gulf News archive
- The accident happened on Suffouh Road. Picture of Dubai Marina for illustrative purposes only.
Dubai: Seven people have been killed in a construction accident in Dubai Marina.
20 people have been injured in the accident, which happened at 6.20pm on Thursday.
It is believed the accident happened when scaffolding on a bridge under construction on the Al Suffouh Road collapsed.
Mattar Al Tayer, chairman of the board of the Roads and Transport Authority, told Dubai TV the accident was caused by human error when steel rods were wrongly loaded.
Jamal Al Merri, deputy commandant of Dubai Police told Gulf News: "The pillar collapsed, killing seven people instantly and injuring 24, according to preliminary information.
"There are no workers under the rubble. All other workers have been accounted for."
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