7 injured in road accidents during weekend in Dubai

Dubai - Four people received minor injuries in a collision between three cars on the Sheikh Zayed Road at 7:00pm on Saturday.

Seven people sustained minor to moderate injuries in four separate traffic accidents that took place during the weekend in Dubai.
Four people received minor injuries in a collision between three cars on the Sheikh Zayed Road at 7:00pm on Saturday, said Colonel Juma Salim bin Suwaidan, director-general of the traffic department of the Dubai Police. The vehicles were going in the direction of the tunnel of the World Trade Center to ??Garhoud. Apart from injuring the victims, the smash-up also caused damages to their vehicles.
The second accident occurred when a Mitsubishi vehicle rammed into the concrete barrier dividing the two streets on Al Khail Road before the Oasis exit towards Abu Dhabi, at 11am on Saturday. The driver was moderately injured and taken to the hospital for medical treatment, the colonel said.
In the third mishap, two vehicles collided in the morning the same day on Al Khail Road due to tailgating, leaving one person with moderate injuries. The vehicles were headed towards Sharjah.
On Friday at 11:25pm, a motorcycle and a light vehicle were involved in an accident on a street under construction in ??Lahab. The collision was caused by a group of cyclists, which was passing by. The biker lost control and hit the light vehicle, leaving him injured.
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