Police officials inspect the site of the accident.

Muhammad Wasila, Staff Reporter

A 19-year-old male and a 28-year-old female citizens were killed in a horrific traffic accident on the road linking the Masafi area and Dibba-Masafi Main Street.

Colonel Saleh Mohammed Abdullah Al Dhanhani, Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department at the Fujairah Police General Command, explained that the accident occurred as a result of a head-on collision between two vehicles on a non-dual road that starts from the Masafi roundabout in the Emirate of Fujairah to Dibba-Masafi Street.

He stated that the traffic patrols and the national ambulance moved immediately to the accident to the site, and it was found that the wrong overtaking on a non-double road led to the accident, which caused collision of the two vehicles. 

"Accident claimed the lives of two young Emirati citizens and their bodies were transported to the hospital, for the further procedures," Colonel Saleh said.