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29 March 2024

Five killed in Abu Dhabi road accident

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Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the Abu Dhabi-Al Sila road near Al Ghuweifat on Wednesday night, Gulf News reported.

The accident took place when a 14-passenger minivan crashed into the back of a trailer truck. The vehicle was dragged for 25 metres because the trailer driver did not feel the impact of the crash.

The Pakistani driver of the minivan and his four Japanese passengers were killed.

Colonel Hamad Al Amiri, Director of Traffic and Patrols on External Roads, said the trailer driver had joined the highway without checking for oncoming traffic.

Emergency workers separated the minivan from the trailer truck by using heavy equipment. Thereafter, the driver and his passengers were removed from the minivan.