A man and a woman were killed and five others were injured in a minor traffic accident on Saturday morning on Sheikh Rashid Street in the direction of Dubai before the Garhoud Tunnel.
Brigadier General Ali Ghanem, director of Al-Muraqqabat police station, said that the command and control center at the General Directorate of Operations received a report at 9:42 am that a traffic accident had occurred on Sheikh Rashid Street. The patrols and rescue teams immediately moved to the scene. That a minibus carrying seven people, in addition to the driver, deviated from the road as a result of the explosion of one of its tires, and hit a concrete barrier and lighting column, resulting in the death of a man and a woman at the scene, and the injury of four passengers of women with minor injuries, and a man with a moderate injury, To Rashid Hospital in Dubai. The head of the traffic department, First Lieutenant Adel Al Hashemi, and Lieutenant Abdullah Al Balushi, the Traffic and Traffic Board, and the Deputy Director of the Muraqqabat Center, Col. Issa Ahmed Salem, In addition to specialists from the General Directorate of Transport and Rescue in Dubai Police, Dubai Ambulance Foundation, Roads and Transport Authority, and Dubai Municipality.
Ghanem pointed out that the drivers must adhere to the safety of the vehicles, inspect them periodically and repair the faults, especially with regard to tires, due to the seriousness of accidents caused by the explosion of the invalid ones, and the resulting deterioration and deviation of vehicles.