A 16-month-old Emirati boy died in Ras Al Khaimah on Wednesday after his aunt reversed her car over him.
It was the fourth such tragedy in the Northern Emirates in just over a month.
The toddler was playing outside a home in Al Ghail when his aunt began reversing without realising the child was behind the vehicle, police said.
The boy was taken to hospital but died before arriving.
RAK Police said the death was an accident and that they were investigating.
The death follows a worrying trend of similar tragedies.
A boy, 8, died in Al Maamoura, RAK, on October 12 after his 28-year-old brother accidentally ran him over.
The brother was reversing when he hit the boy, reported Al Ittihad, the Arabic-language sister newspaper of The National.
On October 2, a Pakistani girl, aged 1, died in Ajman after being accidentally run over in front of her home by her cousin.
Ajman Police said at the time that they had launched an investigation into the incident.
On September 30, a toddler was killed as her cousin drove away from an Ajman home.
It is not known whether any charges were brought against the family members in the three cases.
Thirty-seven children in Sharjah died this way last year.
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Gender pay parity on track in the UAE
The UAE has a good record on gender pay parity, according to Mercer's Total Remuneration Study.
"In some of the lower levels of jobs women tend to be paid more than men, primarily because men are employed in blue collar jobs and women tend to be employed in white collar jobs which pay better," said Ted Raffoul, career products leader, Mena at Mercer. "I am yet to see a company in the UAE – particularly when you are looking at a blue chip multinationals or some of the bigger local companies – that actively discriminates when it comes to gender on pay."
Mr Raffoul said most gender issues are actually due to the cultural class, as the population is dominated by Asian and Arab cultures where men are generally expected to work and earn whereas women are meant to start a family.
"For that reason, we see a different gender gap. There are less women in senior roles because women tend to focus less on this but that’s not due to any companies having a policy penalising women for any reasons – it’s a cultural thing," he said.
As a result, Mr Raffoul said many companies in the UAE are coming up with benefit package programmes to help working mothers and the career development of women in general.
