Two dead, eight injured in road accidents

AMMAN — Two people died and eight were injured on Monday in several accidents across the Kingdom, according to the Civil Defence Department (CDD).

One man died and three people were injured when a vehicle overturned in Amman’s Jubeiha neighbourhood, a CDD statement said. In Zarqa, one man died when a car overturned in northern Azraq.

East Amman CDD personnel dealt with an incident where two people suffered breathing difficulties in Wihdat after inhaling gas leaked from an oven, said the CDD.

In Irbid, three people were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Northern Mazar. CDD personnel administered first aid to the injured and transferred them to nearby hospitals, where they were listed in fair condition.