AMMAN — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its condolences to the United Arab Emirates following a traffic accident in the Emirate of Fujairah that claimed several lives.

 

The ministry’s spokesperson, Fuad Majali, said preliminary information indicated that two Jordanian nationals were injured in the accident.

 

The two Jordanians received medical treatment and were subsequently discharged from hospital, Majali said, adding that the Jordanian Consulate General in Dubai was following up on their condition and stood ready to provide any assistance they might need.

 

Majali reaffirmed Jordan’s solidarity with the UAE government and people, extending condolences to the families of the victims and wishing those injured a speedy recovery.

 

At least 14 people were killed and 30 others injured in a major traffic accident in the UAE’s Fujairah emirate, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday.

 

The crash involved 18 vehicles and five trucks, according to preliminary information released by the ministry.

 

Fujairah ‌Police said the ‌truck driver lost ‌control ⁠of his vehicle shortly ⁠before midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to Fujairah. The truck struck another vehicle, then overturned and hit several ⁠vehicles that had stopped because ‌of ‌slow-moving traffic, police said.

 

A fire broke ‌out in the truck ‌and spread to a number of damaged vehicles, police added.

 

Emergency teams, civil defence, ambulance crews and police responded to the scene, extinguished the fire, transferred the injured to hospitals and secured the site, police said.