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19 March 2024

Car turns turtle; Sheikh Zayed Road jam

Pic credit: Bindu Rai

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By Bindu Rai

Traffic jams are being reported across Dubai and Sharjah, with a car reportedly overturned inside the parking lot of the Rashidiya Metro Station, according to eyewitnesses.

PM on the scene tweeted: “Bad accident inside Rashidiya Metro Station parking lot. Car overturned. Slight delay while entering the lot.”

Another accident has been reported Accident on E66, coming from Bur Dubai/ E11 Sheikh Rashid Road towards Al Ain/Al Khail Road.

Meanwhile, an earlier accident on Al Wasl Road resulted in a collision between a white Land Cruiser and a taxi cab, with an ambulance already on the scene at the Eppco Petrol Pump, heading in the direction of Jumeirah.

Reports are also coming in of Sheikh Zayed Road seeing another gridlock this morning, with one commuter calling it a “parking lot”, in the direction of World Trade Centre.

SA, a Discovery Gardens resident said: “Long queue again this morning to get onto Sheikh Zayed Road, towards the direction of Sharjah from Ibn Batuta. We’ve been on the bus for 20 minutes, not moving.”

Meanwhile, there are also reports of patches of fog on the highway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi with low visibility as you approach Yas Island.