Seventeen people have died and several others were injured following a bus accident in Dubai, authorities said.
June 7 (UPI) — Seventeen people have died and several others were injured following a bus accident in Dubai, authorities said.
The Dubai Police Headquarters said on Twitter the bus, carrying 31 passengers, crashed into a road sign at around 5:40 p.m. while driving along the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. The bus was returning to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from Muscat, Oman, after the Eid holiday.
Fifteen people were initially reported dead but that number increased after two more passengers succumbed to their injuries, police said.
«The cause of the unfortunate incident is still being investigated,» Dubai police said in a tweet.
