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Timeline: Road accidents in Dubai in 2008
Here's a list of fatal road accidents that happened in Dubai this year.
- Gulf News Archive
- Published: 00:08 July 14, 2008
Here's a list of fatal road accidents that happened in Dubai this year:
July 11, 2008: Four people died in separate road accidents across Dubai.
July 10, 2008: A worker was killed after he fell from his company's moving bus on Al Khail Road.
June 19, 2008: Two women were killed in separate accidents over the weekend.
May 27, 2008: Two people were killed and one sustained injuries in separate road accidents.
May 09, 2008: A Pakistani family, a man, his wife and their two-year-old daughter, was killed in the horrific accident in Al Wasl Road.
April 19, 2008: A truck driver was burnt to death when his truck collided with another on Dubai-Al Ain Road
April 5, 2008: An Asian woman was killed when she was run over by a car while crossing Shaikh Zayed Road.
April 4, 2008: Three people were killed in an accident on Al Khail Road.
March 11, 2008: Three people were killed and nearly 350 injured in a horrific 60 vehicle pile-up on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot.
March 3, 2008: A young Emirati man was killed in a turn over accident on Al Khail Road.
March 2, 2008: A five-year-old girl was run over at cargo village. A man was also killed when a pick-up turned over in Al Mizhar area.
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