Daijiworld Media Network - Abu Dhabi (SR)

Abu Dhabi, May 9: In a terrific accident that took the lives of four people, the Abu Dhabi Police on Wednesday claimed that the accident happened due to car racing.

Driver and passenger died as their car flipped over and crashed into a lamppost, while the second vehicle ran over two women who were crossing the road from the pedestrian area.

“The preliminary investigations attributed the cause of accident to racing in the modified vehicles. They made substantial changes in the vehicles and raced,” said Brigadier Salim Bin Barak Al Dhahiri, director of the traffic cepartment of Al Ain district, Traffic and Patrols department in the Central Operations Sector.

He advised the motorists to abide by the laws and regulations of traffic and the follow speed limits on the roads. He also asked them not to add any technical mechanism which leads to excessive speed of vehicles and end up causing accidents undermining public safety.

The police operation room received a call on Wednesday about the accident and immediately sent police patrol and ambulances to the spot. The injured people were transferred to the hospital for treatment, he said.