Dubai: A Filipino national was among the 17 people who died in the horrific bus crash in Dubai, an official confirmed to Gulf News on Saturday.
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The tourist bus from Muscat, Oman, crashed onto a height barrier in Dubai on Thursday, June 6, killing 17 of the 31 people on board.
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Among the reported fatalities were 12 Indians, two Pakistanis, an Omani, and Irish national, and a Filipino. A German citizen was also reportedly on board the ill-fated bus.
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The accident, one of the worst road tragedies in the UAE, took place when the tourist bus crashed onto a height-limiting barrier towards a metro station at 5:40 pm, after the driver entered the road not designated for buses towards Al Rashidiya train station, as earlier reported by Gulf News.
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Paul Raymund Cortes, consul general of the Philippines in Dubai, confirmed to Gulf News that a citizen of the Philippines was one of those who perished in the deadly crash.
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He declined to give more details before the next-of-kin in the Philippines had been informed, citing protocol observed by the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs.
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The Muscat-Dubai daily bus service is operated by Omani National Transport Company Mwasalat.
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