SHARJAH // A driver and five passengers were killed in Sharjah yesterday morning after their vehicle overturned and burst into flames.
The Eid holiday tragedy happened on Kalba Road at about 8am.
Firefighters and emergency rescue teams from Civil Defence and Sharjah Police raced to the crash site but the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Last night police had not yet disclosed the identity of the crash victims.
A police traffic spokesman said the likely cause of the accident was that the driver was speeding and lost control of the vehicle.
The bodies have been taken to the police forensics laboratory as part of the investigation into the deaths.
The gutted car was registered to a Pakistani expatriate but police gave no further information.