Six people including a Sri Lankan woman died and 19 were injured in a road accident between a bus and a lorry in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning, said Abu Dhabi Police.
The accident happened on Al Raha Beach Road on the outskirts of the capital heading towards Dubai and was as a result of careless driving.
It was reported that the accident occurred when two heavy trucks in the right hand lane slowing down because a car had appeared to stop or slow in front of them, before a bus ploughed into the back of the second lorry.
Of the dead, five were women, one from Nepal and one from Sri Lanka, while the only man killed in the crash was the Pakistani bus driver. The nationalities of the other three deceased are yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, Nepal’s embassy confirmed that 16 of the 19 injured were Nepalese citizens.
(Source: Gulf News)