• Home
• /
• UAE

2 killed in Dubai hit-and-run; driver held

Dubai - The motorist ran over the victims.

Two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run incident in Dubai last Friday and the motorist has been taken into custody by the Dubai Police within an hour, according to a top police official.
The Asian motorist ran over the victims, who were standing along the roadside, and drove away in an apparent bid to avoid legal repercussions.
Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said that Al Qusais Police station officials acted quickly and identified the car and its driver. After investigating the accident scene, they also found out the colour of the car, the car type and issued a circular to all police patrols and police stations. Very soon, they found the car parked in an internal road in Muhaisna.
Colonel Yusuf Al Odaidi, Director of Qusais Police Station, said that the police received information about the accident on Friday around 5am.
They were told that two persons on Mohammed bin Zayed Road, on the direction of Butaina, were ran over by a motorist. The senior police officials who rushed to the site found that the two Asians - 30-year-old M.R and 29-year-old Sh.H - died on the spot. The police officials have also found the car registration in the name of an Asian woman.
amira@khaleejtimes.com