Seven dead and 35 injured in Dubai bus crash

DUBAI // Seven people have died and 35 were injured in a bus crash in Dubai on Tuesday morning.

Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle after a tyre burst. It collided with a lorry on the opposite side of the road.

“The accident took place at 8am when the bus driver swerved into the opposite road and hit a lorry,” said Col Saif Al Mazrouei, director of Dubai traffic police. “The bus driver lost control after his vehicle’s tyre burst.”