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12-year-old dies in road accident; 59-year-old drowns in hotel pool

By JT - Feb 13,2016 - Last updated at Feb 13,2016

AMMAN — A 12-year old boy died and four people from the same family were injured when a vehicle overturned on the desert highway, near Theeban square, on Saturday, Madaba Civil Defence Department Director Lt. Col. Ghassan Khatatbeh said.

The boy’s father and another son, aged five, were admitted into intensive care at Al Nadim Hospital and listed in critical condition.

The others were reported to be in fair condition, according to the hospital’s director, Wesam Karadsheh, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Also on Saturday, a 59-year-old man drowned in a swimming pool at a Dead Sea hotel, Petra reported. 

 

 

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