our people, three Asians and a Somali, died today and a fifth is suffering serious injuries after a collision between a truck and a double cabin vehicle on Habashan Road in Al Gharbia, the Western Region.

According to Major Suhail Sayah Al Mazroui, Chief of the Western Region Highways Section, preliminary investigations suggest that the driver of the double cabin vehicle failed to maintain control and swerved into oncoming traffic, leading to a head on collision with the truck.

Major Al Mazroui said that traffic patrols responded immediately after receiving emergency calls, supervising traffic diversions. He added that the Abu Dhabi Police Ambulance Service transferred the injured passenger to Madinat Zayed Hospital for treatment.