RAS AL KHAIMAH — A 40-year-old Pakistani worker, Abdul Salam, died on the spot and 13 others sustained serious to moderate injuries when a heavy truck rammed their bus on the Al Luwaei Street on Saturday as they were heading for work.
A source from the Traffic and Licensing Department in Ras Al Khaimah said the 25-year-old Asian driver of the bus did not stop for the coming traffic as he joined the main road.
The bus, which was transporting labourers of different Asian nationalities to their workplace, then collided with the heavy truck.
Five labourers sustained severe injuries and eight sustained both minor to moderate injuries. All the labourers in the bus are employees of a Construction Company in Ras Al Khaimah.
The Police and ambulances rushed to the scene after receiving the information and carried all the victims
including the bus driver to the hospital for treatment. The truck driver
was unhurt in the mishap.
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