14 people died and another 30 were injured as a result of a road accident in the Emirate of Fujairah in the Emirates, according to preliminary numbers published by the Ministry of Interior, which stated that 18 vehicles and 5 trucks were involved in the accident.
The General Command of the Fujairah Police, for its part, said in a statement that "the serious traffic accident occurred before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, at the entrance to the Fujairah Emirate", "following a collision between a truck and several vehicles, following which a fire broke out that spread to several vehicles that were damaged."
The Fujairah police confirmed that the accident occurred as a result of losing control of the truck while it was traveling on the road, which led to it colliding with another vehicle, "and then deteriorating and colliding with several parked vehicles as a result of slow traffic on the street," adding that this led to "the truck catching fire and the fire seriously spreading to several human vehicles." The police stated that among the deceased were Emirati nationals, in addition to the number of deceased whose identity is still being identified through DNA tests, while the nationality of the injured included the Emirates, Omani, Indian, Brazilian, Pakistani, Jordanian and Egyptian.
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