Early this morning on the highway that connects Abu Dhabi and Dubai, around 200 cars were involved in a mass traffic accident that has reportedly left six people dead and hundreds injured. Weather conditions were a factor in the accident, as a thick morning fog apparently reduced vision, which led to motorists driving full speed into the pile up one after another. Because the fog was so thick, people with serious injuries couldn't be flown by helicopter to area hospitals right away and were treated by a pair of doctors and nurses on the scene. Gulfnews is reporting that 25 cars caught on fire, and six full-size busses were involved, as well. Images from the crash scene, which you can view by clicking the source below, are incredible, including the one shown above. Thanks for the tip, Mahdi.
[Source: Gulfnews]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Frick @ Mar 11th 2008 3:05PM
"as a thick morning fog apparently reduced vision, which led to motorists driving full speed into the pile up one after another"
Darwin's law at work....
Greg @ Mar 11th 2008 3:43PM
People encountering an unfamiliar weather condition and not knowing how to respond? If this was in the Texas and that many people died from a pileup in a snowstorm would you say the same thing?
These families deserve our prayers, not our insults.
ex-pat @ Mar 11th 2008 4:06PM
Greg,
Actually that type of weather condition isn't unusual here. It happens regularly at certain times of the year. The response from the speeding drivers in fog is to...keep speeding. On clear days it is very common for drivers to blow by me even when I am doing 180. Add to this their belief that Allah decides if they die or not, so it is pointless wearing a seat belt. This is why the UAE has one of the highest driving death rates in the world.
john @ Mar 11th 2008 4:00PM
@ Frick
you're an ass... you can't claim all 200 people were idiots and got themselves into the accident, clearly the weather was pretty horrible. why don't you go get yourself a darwin award, dick.
vintage @ Mar 11th 2008 4:27PM
I blame a piece of marijuana smaller than a grain of rice:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1304600,00.html
Frick @ Mar 11th 2008 7:37PM
oh I'm sorry is that what I claimed. Didn't notice.... lemme check... uh.. noooo... I guess reading comprehension is not your strong point.
I'm just saying anyone going full speed in a thick fog "as THE ARTICLE claimed" is an idiot. And you are an asswipe. Is that easier to comprehend?
jon @ Mar 11th 2008 10:15PM
Here's a thought: when the visibility is poor, SLOW THE FCK DOWN!
mcheddadi @ Mar 11th 2008 3:05PM
O.M.G.
there must have been at least 45+ hyper exotics involved in that crash!
amdforever @ Mar 11th 2008 3:13PM
I seriously cannot wait to see if there are SLRs and Enzos involved in this... wait a couple of days and the pix will surface.
I already spotted a Lexus LS460 in pic 3.
Alex @ Mar 11th 2008 3:08PM
i'm sure my insurance company will somehow find a way to cite this as a reason for my ever increasing premiums.
FSM @ Mar 11th 2008 3:08PM
I can't imagine fog happens too often in that part of the world. However blowing sand probably is very similar, so you think they would have the smarts to slow down when visibility is low.
ello @ Mar 11th 2008 3:21PM
I guess lack of common sense is not US exclusive :P
sledge @ Mar 11th 2008 3:55PM
I lived in that part of the world and fog is actually a very common occurrence this time of year. In fact there have been a few times when crashes such as this have happened on that same highway. It is just that drivers are not given enough training (or tested on) their knowledge of driving in adverse conditions.
AlexP @ Mar 11th 2008 3:08PM
Just saved Youtube from 100 extremist-drifting videos.
Andrew @ Mar 11th 2008 4:15PM
Dubai is *hardly* a place filled with extremists. The place is mostly wealthy Arabs educated in the US or UK. And they really don't have anything against the West because they enjoy trading too much. *You* are a simple minded person.
vintage @ Mar 11th 2008 4:28PM
Yep, not extreme at all:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1304600,00.html
You are a joke. Dubai is extremist central.
Disgruntled Goat @ Mar 11th 2008 4:32PM
Yeah, a real oasis of open mindedness there...
AlexP @ Mar 11th 2008 8:15PM
I don't think you understood what I was trying to say.
I was referring to the the videos you see on Youtube in which Arabs are doing super long drifts and CLAIMING (I'm not the one making that claim) to be trained terrorists.
importjap @ Mar 12th 2008 7:45AM
Because Youtube is an extremely reliable source of information on an entire people.
Massive prejudice mate, it's not on.
3seriesisking @ Mar 11th 2008 3:09PM
@ the two posts above. How about a little respect for the loss of life here. Darwin's law and exotics.... You guys should really question yourselves before posting crap like that.