The divers team at the Maritime Rescue Department in Dubai Police, with the participation of the joint maritime patrols in the Maritime Security Department at the Ports Police Station, managed to retrieve a saloon car that fell in the waters of Dubai Creek, due to the lack of focus and loss of control of its driver, and the driver was able to get out of the car and swim towards the pavement before Its stability at the bottom of the creek.
The head of the marine rescue department at the Ports Police Station, Lt. Col. Ali Abdullah Al-Qassib Al-Naqbi, who was at the scene of the accident and supervised the recovery of the vehicle, said that the command and control room in Dubai Police received a notification at 11:53 pm, according to which a car fell in the Dubai Creek. The maritime salvage patrols and maritime security patrols were prompted to head to the scene immediately with a response speed of four minutes.
He pointed out that, in coordination with the Acting Director of the Port Police Station, Acting Colonel Saeed Al-Madhani, attempts were made to search at night for a vehicle that was washed away by water due to the presence of a sea stream in the Dubai Creek, indicating that divers were able to find it upside down after the water washed away a distance of 130 Meters from where it fell.
Al-Naqbi continued that in cooperation with the pulling and lifting mechanisms of the General Department of Transport and Rescue, the divers team was able to tightly fasten the car, then work to pull it and lift it from the bottom of the creek to the sidewalk, adding that the process of removing the car took place at a depth of 37 feet under the water, where light sand scattered Due to the maritime currents and the movement of maritime navigation in the creek, the process of controlling them by the competent patrols and their continuation while ensuring the safety of divers.
Al-Naqbi called on the drivers of the vehicles to pay attention and take the safety and security precautions when driving, especially the service lanes near the sidewalks, and adhere to the traffic instructions and laws in order to ensure their safety.