A 45-year-old Egyptian man died on the spot in a horrific pile-up accident on Al Dhaid-Massafi Road in central region. The accident involved several heavy trucks which caught fire after the crashing. Col Ahmed bin Darwish, said he received a call at 4.45am at the operation room about the accident. The team of traffic experts, patrols and ambulance reached the site where they found the trucks on fire. The civil defence doused the fire and the body of the deceased shifted to the morgue of Al Dhaid hospital. He urged motorists to follow traffic rules for safety and called upon curious onlookers to stop rubber-necking at the accident sites so as to avoid traffic jams. afkarali@khaleejtimes.com