The UAE Interior Ministry said 14 people were killed and 30 injured in a crash involving a lorry and several vehicles at the entrance to the emirate of Fujairah shortly before midnight between Wednesday and Thursday.
Fujairah Police said in a statement published by the ministry that the lorry driver lost control, hitting another vehicle before overturning and crashing into several cars that had stopped in slow traffic. The lorry caught fire and the blaze spread to other vehicles.
The statement said 15 of the injured are still being treated in hospital, that Emirati citizens were among the dead, and that DNA tests are under way to identify other victims.
According to the ministry, the injured are from seven countries: the UAE, India, Oman, Pakistan, Brazil, Jordan and Egypt. India’s consulate in Dubai said some of its citizens were killed, without giving a number.
Police, ambulance, rescue and civil defence teams went to the scene to put out the fire, take the injured to hospital, secure the road and manage traffic.
Source: UAE Ministry of Interior, BBC Arabic
