A young citizen was seriously injured and was subsequently transferred to the hospital in a critical condition as a result of the collision of his car with a "pickup" vehicle left by its driver in the middle of Emirates Street, to speak with another person, ignoring the simplest rules of traffic safety and security.
Another person was seriously injured in a similar accident on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, as a result of a collision with a parked bus in the second lane from the left on the campus.
The director of the General Traffic Department, Brigadier Saif Muheir Al Mazrouei, told «Emirates Today» that this mistake is repeated and its perpetrators will not be tolerated, because there are many victims, dead and injured, despite continuous awareness by Dubai Police of the seriousness of this behavior.
Three people were finally run over as a result of a bus driver stopping in the middle of Al Khail Street and getting off the vehicle on the highway campus, to cross into the shoulder of the road without taking the most basic traffic safety requirements.
Al Mazrouei said that a complex accident occurred at four o'clock last Saturday afternoon, when two vehicles collided, one of which was "Nissan" and the other "pickup" on Emirates Road, and the first driver stopped his vehicle in a proper way on the shoulder, in light of it being a minor accident that resulted in apparent damage to the two vehicles, while he got off The driver of the pickup from the car and left it in the middle of the road, and went to talk to the driver of the first vehicle, indifferent to the consequences of this behavior.
Al Mazrouei added that the Land Cruiser car was driven by a citizen who was traveling in its normal way and its driver did not pay attention to the parked pickup in the middle of the road. He collided with it forcefully, which completely destroyed his front of the car, and he was severely injured. He was subsequently transferred to the hospital to receive Treatment, pointing to taking the necessary measures immediately, and the competent patrols moved to the site of the accident.
He pointed out that another accident happened at eleven on Saturday morning also in a similar way, as a minibus on the second lane on the left side in Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street broke down, and its driver took refuge in a "recovery" truck to transport it, and while the driver of that truck loaded the bus, a vehicle was provided From behind, I crashed into the bus, rushing through and run over the recovery driver who was taken to hospital in critical condition.
Al Mazrouei stressed that one of the most dangerous behaviors that Dubai police have repeatedly warned about is sudden parking in the middle of the road, and more dangerous than that, landing passengers in the middle of the road without taking the necessary precautions, pointing out that “most of the accidents that resulted from parking in the road occurred previously on highways, and drivers were unable "People coming from behind pay attention to parking in front of them."
He pointed to the necessity of contacting the police in the event of the vehicle breaking down and not being able to move until the necessary measures are taken, such as securing the malfunctioning vehicles by police patrols, and taking the necessary measures to protect their passengers, stressing that Dubai Police respond within a record time to any report.
- The citizen did not expect a vehicle to stop in the middle of the road and was seriously injured.