2010-03-10 11:43:55 - Vehicle Accident - United Arab Emirates EDIS CODE: VI-20100310-25266-ARE Date & Time: 2010-03-10 11:43:55 [UTC] Area: United Arab Emirates, Dubayy, , Dubai City Event exciting : Fog Number of Injured person(s): 38 Damage level: Moderate (Level 2) Not confirmed information! Description: Foggy weather caused more than 20 vehicles to collide Wednesday morning, leading to the death of a bus driver. Dozens were injured. The first accident happened at 6:30 am when a bus driver carrying around 30 laborers collided with a truck. According to Colonel Anas Al Matroushi, Deputy Director of the Operations Room for Transportation and Rescue, tailgating and the foggy weather caused the accident. Few minutes later another truck collided into the bus, which trapped the driver and passengers. This accident caused a pile up of 20 - 30 vehicles, he said. The accident resulted in the death of the bus driver. Overall, four people were severely injured, 8 moderately, and 26 others had minor injuries.
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