UAE | Traffic and Transport

Four killed in Sharjah road accident

Pick-up van collided with a heavy truck loaded with sand on Al Dhaid Road at dawn.

  • By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:15 May 21, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Image Credit: Supplied Picture
  • Upon collision, both the pick-up van and heavy truck were flung 20 metres.

Sharjah: Four men were killed in a road accident on Al Dhaid Road in the Al Zubair area on Tuesday at dawn.

According to police reports, the pick-up van in which the three Indians and a Pakistani were travelling in, was parked on the hard shoulder after Interchange 7 and was waiting to get back onto the main road.

Colonel Abdullah Mubarak Al Dukhan, Deputy Director of Sharjah Police, said the accident was caused because the driver of the pick-up entered the road without making sure there was a clear exit.

The van collided with a heavy truck loaded with sand and upon impact, both vehicles were flung 20 metres.

Due to the high speed of the truck and the extent of the impact, the trailer that was attached to the truck broke off and landed on top of the van, killing all four passengers instantly.

The truck driver, identified by police as a Yemeni, did not sustain any injuries.

Police officials said that police patrols and ambulances rushed to the spot after the operation control room received a call at 5.45am. The area was cordoned off and traffic was diverted to other routes.

The rescue team pulled out the bodies from the site of the accident and transferred them to Kuwaiti Hospital.

Police said that this was not the first time such a deadly accident had taken place on Al Dhaid Road leading towards Al Zubair.

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