One dead, three injured after truck swerves in Dubai industrial area

Police said the pick-up truck hit a minibus before ploughing into a company entrance, killing one security guard and seriously injuring another.

One person was killed and three injured when a pick-up truck swerved into a minibus then rammed into the entrance of a company in Al Quoz, Dubai.

The National staff

DUBAI // One person has been killed and three were injured in a crash in front of Grand City Mall, in Al Quoz.

According to Colonel Saif Muhair Al Mazroui, director of the General Department of Traffic at Dubai Police, a pick-up truck suddenly swerved into a minibus at 6.30am on Thursday.

The minibus toppled while the pick-up truck swerved off the road and hit the entrance of a company, running over two guards.

One of the guards was killed, while the other was seriously injured and had to be air-lifted to hospital.

The truck driver also sustained serious injuries.

Updated: October 24, 2014, 12:00 AM