UAE says 14 killed, 30 injured in Fujairah traffic accident

Fujairah ‌Police said the truck ‌driver ⁠lost control of his vehicle ⁠shortly before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance ​to Fujairah. ‌The truck struck another vehicle, then overturned and hit several vehicles that had stopped because ‌of slow-moving traffic, police ​said.

A fire broke out in the truck and ⁠spread to a number of damaged vehicles, police added. Also read: Three of Malappuram family killed in Fujairah road crash https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/three-of-malappuram-family-killed-in-fujairah-road-crash/article71694144.ece Fifteen of ‌the injured have been discharged from the hospital, while 15 remain under treatment, Fujairah Police said.

The dead included Emiratis, while authorities were ‌using DNA tests to identify some other ​victims. Emergency teams, civil defence, ambulance crews and ⁠police responded to the scene, extinguished ⁠the fire, transferred the injured to hospitals and secured ‌the site, police said.