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Four dead, eight injured in weekend road accidents

By JT - Jan 09,2016 - Last updated at Jan 09,2016

AMMAN — A sixth-year medical student at Mutah University died on Saturday and her parents were injured in a traffic accident on the Desert Road, according to a Civil Defence Department (CDD) statement. Karak Forensic Medicine Centre Director Hassan Hawari said the cause of death was severe haemorrhage due to multiple injuries.

Karak CDD cadres took the parents to Karak Public Hospital, where they were listed in fair condition. Also on Saturday, a man died and two people were injured when their vehicle overturned in Madaba.

In Maan, a 30-year-old man died and three people were injured in a collision involving a truck and a car, the CDD said, adding that the injured were hospitalised and listed in fair condition. On Friday, a woman died and a man was injured when their vehicle overturned in Tafileh. CDD cadres took the injured man to Prince Zeid Hospital where he was listed in fair condition.

 

 

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