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One dead, 61 hurt in Dubai to Abu Dhabi road crash

by CW Staff on Apr 3, 2011

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One person died and more than 60 people were injured in a huge car pile-up in dense fog on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway early on Saturday, according to police.

The pile-up extended for more than 500 yards and involved 127 vehicles.

Some local media reports initially said two people were killed, but police reports did not immediately mention fatalities but later confirmed one person had died with 61 others injured.

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i feel speed limit should be same like dubai 120 km/h and also have camera as dubai. i see too much diffrence when i dri

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The busy highway between the UAE's two main cities was closed for hours, it added.

The road was reopened for normal traffic from the bridge at around 10.50am Dubai time, according to police, who advised motorists to drive cautiously.

In March 2008, three people were killed and 300 injured in a similar fog-shrouded pile-up on the same stretch of highway.
 




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NEHAL AHMAD (Apr 9, 2011)
ABU DHABI
United Arab Emirates

speed limit should be 120 km/h
i feel speed limit should be same like dubai 120 km/h and also have camera as dubai. i see too much diffrence when i drive in abu dhabi and in dubai. in sort there should be 0 tolence so that there is no major road crash.


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