THE ‘FATAL BUS CRASH ’ IN DUBAI ; VICTIM'S FAMILIES DEMANDS BARRICADE REMOVAL

  • 01/03/2021

Two years later the fatal bus collision killed 17 people in Dubai, relatives of sufferers are moving to be emotionally upset. Many have said that they are in frantic necessity of judicial counsel and are striving to preserve their head above water due to uprising financial problems.


Sapna Moolchandani lost her sister, Roshni, when the bus driver from Oman crashed the passenger bus into an over-vehicle barrier near the Rashidiya metro station on June 6, 2019. For the first time after the occurrence, the 29-year-old lately toured Dubai to reach to officials and urge counsel on how they are pointing ahead with this matter.Sapna, who reverted to India on February 26, said she visited the accident spot. “It was a difficult thing to do, but I mustered the courage and visited the accident site. It was painful to see the barrier still there.”

The ill doomed bus was coming back from Muscat after the Eid break when the driver took the wrong deviation and drove into a way that was not intended for buses. He was also driving twice over the permitted speed limit of the drive. Due to the high speed, the driver crashed a warning sign and collided into a metal barrier, which made the quick deaths of 15 passengers on board, while two more surrendered to their wounds later. Twelve Indians, two Pakistanis, an Omani, an Irish woman, and a Filipina were killed in that disaster.

On Thursday, the punishment of the bus driver, who was found liable for generating the deaths of 17 passengers, has been traveled from seven years to one year in jail. The Court of Cassation in Dubai also directed the driver to give Dh3.4 million as blood money and a fine of Dh50,000.

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