One person died and 10 others were injured in a microbus deterioration accident on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road road at exit 122 in Ras Al Khaimah, following the driver's nap while driving, which resulted in the microbus straying its path and deteriorating on the side of the road.
The Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Ras Al Khaimah Police, Brigadier Ahmed Saeed Al-Sam Al-Naqbi, said that yesterday morning, Ras Al Khaimah Police Operations Room received a report stating that a microbus bus belonging to a company was coming from Dubai towards Ras Al-Khaimah, and had a number of workers.
Immediately, police, ambulance and rescue cars, the national ambulance, the air wing of the Ras Al Khaimah Police and the air wing with security support at the Ministry of Interior, and all the competent authorities, and it was found that the microbus was carrying 11 people with nationalities of Asian countries, indicating that the commander of the Ras police chief The tent, Major General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al-Nuaimi, directed quickly the transportation of all the injured to the emirate's hospitals and the use of the air wing with security support in the Ministry of Interior and the air wing of the Ras Al Khaimah Police, to transfer the dangerous cases in order to preserve their lives.
He added that the accident resulted in the death of one person and two severe injuries, five medium and three minor injuries, and the injured were transferred to the emirate's hospitals to receive the necessary treatment, pointing out that after planning the accident site it was found that the microbus driver entered a sleeping nap, which made him lose control of the microbus to suddenly deviate from The right path to the left track deteriorates down the road and settles into the central island.
Al-Naqbi called on all companies to adhere to the provision of buses to transport workers, that meet the requirements of security and safety approved in the state, and to specify adequate rest hours for bus drivers to be able to drive in order to preserve their lives and the lives of those who transport them.
He added that the speeds set on the streets must be adhered to and not exceeded, and the traffic and road signs should be observed to preserve the safety of road users.
The Commander-in-Chief of Ras Al Khaimah Police noted the speedy response of all concerned parties and their arrival to the accident site in record time, and dealing with all cases quickly, and with high professionalism, thanks to the Joe Wing of the Ministry of Interior, for their cooperation and their efforts in transporting the injured during the accidents Traffic.
A source at Saqr Governmental Hospital told Emirates Today that yesterday morning, the Accident and Emergency Department received four injuries and one death for workers of Asian nationalities after they were injured in the accident.
He explained that one of the workers arrived at the hospital in the event of death, while the other four arrived with minor moderate injuries.
9 ambulances
The National Ambulance told «Emirates Today» that its crews participated yesterday, in addition to the Ras Al Khaimah Police and the Air Wing in the Interior, in transporting the injured people of the microbus deterioration, resulting in 10 injuries, including two severe injuries, five medium and three simple. He explained that the operating room received at 7:27 am a report from the Ras Al Khaimah Police stating that a bus degradation accident occurred on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, so nine ambulances and a first responder were sent to the scene.
He added that support was requested from the air ambulance crew to manage the air wing in the General Department of Security Support in the Ministry of Interior, to transport one of the injured quickly, explaining that the first two ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident within eight minutes of receiving the notification, and then the remaining ambulances arrived.
He pointed out that the national ambulance crews took care of the injured at the scene of the accident and transferred five of them with ambulances to Sheikh Khalifa Specialized Hospital, and four to Saqr Hospital to receive the necessary medical care, while an injured one of them was transferred through the air wing in the Interior to Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital.
A "sleeping nap" The driver lost control of the minibus, and he veered off course and deteriorated.