MUSCAT — Six Omanis were among 30 people injured in a pile-up that killed 14 people in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE Interior Ministry said.
The crash occurred around midnight on a road leading into the emirate of Fujairah. A truck driver lost control and hit another vehicle before the truck overturned and struck several vehicles that had stopped in slow-moving traffic, the ministry said.
The truck caught fire and the blaze spread to several other vehicles, the ministry said. Authorities confirmed the nationalities of those killed after completing identification procedures.
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Those injured also included eight Emiratis, seven Indians, three Egyptians, two Jordanians, two Pakistanis and two Brazilians, the ministry said.
