FUJAIRAH (The Thursday Times) — Several people were killed and others injured when a lorry collided with a number of vehicles shortly after midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Street, at the entrance to the emirate of Fujairah, Fujairah Police said on Thursday.
Police, ambulance crews, and civil defence teams went to the scene, gave first aid, and took the injured to hospital, the police said in a statement. They did not give the number of dead or injured.
Police said investigations had begun into the cause of the crash and urged the public not to circulate rumours or unverified information about the casualties or their nationalities, saying details would be announced once they were officially confirmed.
A family mourns three
Separately, an Indian family from Kerala, long-time residents of Fujairah, said three of its members were killed in a road accident near the city late on Wednesday as they returned home from Sharjah: 21-year-old twins and their three-year-old nephew.
The twins’ father told reporters that the car, driven by his son, collided with a truck near the Fujairah Court House at around 11pm. His wife, his elder daughter, and two of her children were injured and are out of danger, he said.
It was not immediately clear whether the family’s crash was the same accident described by the police.
Police urged drivers to follow traffic rules, keep to speed limits, and leave a safe distance between vehicles.
