The Consulate General of India in Dubai confirmed on Thursday that nationals of India were among those killed in a multiple-vehicle collision in Fujairah, as UAE authorities warned against circulating unverified casualty figures.
The crash occurred shortly after midnight on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to the emirate, when a truck collided with several vehicles. Fujairah Police confirmed multiple deaths and injuries but did not announce a final toll.
The consulate said it had contacted bereaved families and was coordinating with local authorities to provide assistance. Its statement expressed sorrow over the deaths and offered condolences to those affected. It did not specify how many nationals of India had died or identify the victims. The mission also gave no indication of when further information about those affected might become publicly available to families.
The UAE Ministry of Interior separately urged the public to obtain information exclusively from official Fujairah Police channels. It said police headquarters, working with other competent authorities, continued to investigate the circumstances of the accident under established procedures.
The ministry also asked residents to refrain from spreading rumours and to cooperate with instructions issued by the authorities. Its intervention followed warnings from Fujairah Police against sharing unconfirmed claims about the numbers of dead and injured or the nationalities of people involved.
Police said further information would be released after verification and official approval. The absence of an authoritative casualty breakdown left the number of people killed, the severity of individual injuries and the identities of those involved unresolved in the initial announcements.
Specialist police, ambulance and Civil Defence teams attended the collision scene after receiving an emergency notification. Paramedics administered first aid before transferring injured people to hospitals for treatment. Officers secured the affected stretch of road and introduced traffic management measures while emergency operations continued.
Investigators have begun examining the sequence of events and the circumstances that brought the truck and other vehicles into collision. Police have not publicly established whether speed, visibility, vehicle condition or any other factor contributed. No official finding on responsibility has been announced.
The consulate’s involvement brings an additional dimension to the response, with families requiring information about relatives and assistance in dealing with local authorities. Fujairah falls within the Dubai mission’s consular jurisdiction, alongside several other northern emirates.
Separately, accounts from a family with roots in Kerala described the deaths of 21-year-old twins and a three-year-old child in a road accident in Fujairah. The deceased were identified as Muhammed Asmil, Misna Jubin and Muhammed Fayis, with other family members injured. However, the authorities had not publicly established whether that family’s accident was the same collision covered by the police announcement.
The distinction is important because the police statement concerned a collision involving a truck and several vehicles, while the family’s account described the occupants of one car. Without an official link between the accounts, the individual deaths cannot be treated as a confirmed breakdown of the wider incident’s casualties.
The family was understood to have been travelling towards Fujairah after a visit to Sharjah. Accounts from people assisting the relatives indicated that injured family members had been taken to hospital. Official information on their medical condition and the precise circumstances of their collision remained limited.
Fujairah Police expressed sympathy to the families of those killed and wished those injured a full recovery. The force emphasised that casualty details and other information would be communicated through authorised channels rather than through speculation circulating online.
The authorities have not provided a timetable for completing the investigation. Establishing the movements of the vehicles and the events immediately preceding impact will form part of determining how the collision occurred, although police have not described specific investigative findings.
Police also reminded drivers to observe traffic regulations, comply with posted speed limits and maintain adequate distances between vehicles. The advice was issued alongside the initial account of the accident, without attributing the collision to any particular breach of those rules.
The consulate maintains an emergency contact service for deaths involving nationals of India in Fujairah and other emirates under its jurisdiction. Its established procedures cover coordination with local authorities, documentation and assistance to families handling arrangements following a death overseas.
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