Nineteen people, including 15 students, were injured in a collision of a school bus, belonging to the school «our English secondary school» Al Warqa branch, and a water tanker (tanker), yesterday morning.

The preliminary inspection by Dubai traffic accident experts revealed that the cause of the accident was that the bus driver did not leave enough distance with the tank in front of him, which resulted in the injury of 19 people, including 15 students and two supervisors, were slightly injured, and a third supervisor and the tanker driver were moderately injured. Seventeen cases were transferred to Rashid Hospital and two were treated at the scene.

For his part, Rashid Hospital mobilized its medical staff to deal with the immediate 17 cases transferred from the accident site to the hospital, and visited the injured students visited the Director General of the Dubai Health Authority, Humaid Al-Qatami, and was given the necessary aid for the injured students, and 14 injured were discharged within a few hours of the hospital, He continued to receive treatment, a student, a supervisor and the bus driver.

The Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Operations Affairs, Major General Mohammed Saif Al-Zaffin, told Emirates Today that there is a need to study the proposal to change the morning hours of government departments, at least so as not to coincide with the date of going to school, and thus mitigate the congestion that results Such incidents.

He added that the drivers are in a hurry to catch up with the opening hours, whether in schools or departments and various institutions, which increases the tension on the road.Some sometimes rush recklessly, especially after crossing the crowded area, which is the cause of accidents.

Al Zafin pointed out that this procedure is not new, as it is applied in several US states, so that students attend about half an hour before the official working hours, which is enough time to ease the relative crowding, expressing the hope that this proposal will be seriously considered to support Efforts to reduce the traffic accident index.

Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, Director of Dubai Police Traffic Department, said that the accident occurred as a result of not leaving enough distance between the front of the bus and the tank, which caused the destruction of the front of the bus, and led to traffic congestion on the bridge crossing Business Bay, pointing out that The violation of not leaving enough distance between vehicles is a serious violation, which always causes serious accidents, and where many drivers occur, despite repeated warnings, awareness of the need for attention, and take caution.