Dubai: Police are investigating two separate road accidents in which a toddler and a man died.
Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, Chief of Dubai Police Traffic Department, confirmed that a two-year-old boy from India died after being knocked down by a pick-up truck in the Abu Hail area.
Major General Al Zafein said the child died after being hit at around 1:45 pm on Wednesday on a service road in front of Abu hail Clinic in Hor Al Anz area.
Major General Al Zafein said the Asian driver of the pick-up truck told officers at Al Muraqabbat police station that he did not see the child running across from behind his vehicle.
The second fatality was reported when an unidentified man was declared dead after being knocked down by a speeding car on Shaikh Zayed Road.
No further details were released by police as to the charges against the motorists detained for the accidents.
