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Man on musical high rams car into hospital

DUBAI — In a freak accident, a young Pakistani man rammed his car right into the Emergency Centre of Belhoul Speciality Hospital yesterday morning.

Describing the accident, Dr Mohanand Ghazi, Executive, Marketing and Corporate Relations at the hospital, said the 20-year-old Pakistani man who is on a visit visa, was listening to music in the car when he accidentally pushed the gear.

When the car started moving forward, he panicked, and instead of applying the brake, he pressed his feet on the accelerator, causing the car to ram into the front door of the emergency entrance of the hospital. Dr Ghazi said the man had “stolen” the car keys from one of the guests he was staying with, as he wanted to enjoy music in the car with the air-conditioner switched on.

“Thank God, nobody was injured in the accident, including the Pakistani man,” Dr Ghazi said.

However, the glass damaged in the accident was worth between Dh15,000 and Dh20,000, he added.

Dr Ghazi said the hospital had not registered any case against the man, though he remained in police custody till late evening.