Four die, 90 injured in weekend road accidents

AMMAN – Cadres of the Civil Defence Department (CDD) dealt with more than 117 various accidents over the weekend that resulted in four deaths and 90 injuries. 

The CDD media office told The Jordan Times over the phone Saturday that the accidents included traffic and fire cases across the Kingdom.  

The deaths were resulted from car accidents in Amman, an officer at the media office said. 

A two-year-old girl died and four others were injured on Saturday in the Northern Badia's Manarah area when two vehicles collided. The injured were reported in fair conditions, the CDD said. 

A man died and two others were injured in a two-car collision in Amman's Dahiyat Al Yasmeen neighbourhood, said the CDD officer, adding the injured were taken by rescue staff to Al Hayat Hospital where the injured were listed in a critical condition. 

The officer noted that two Iraqi nationals were killed in a car accident in Amman Saturday when their car overturned in Muhajireen area. 

Also in Amman, four people were slightly injured in another collision that occured near the 7th Circle in west Amman. CDD staff administered first aid and took rushed the wounded to a hospital.

In Zarqa, some 22 kilometres east of Amman, six people were also injured in a road accident.