Two Omanis killed in Mudhaibi car crash

Muscat: Two Omanis were killed in a car crash on Saturday when their 4WD vehicle collided with another 4WD vehicle in the wilayat of Mudhaibi.

Two others were seriously injured, while a third person escaped with minor injuries.

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has confirmed the accident. “The accident took place at 4:30 pm on Saturday in Sinaw area in the wilayat of Mudhaibi,” an official at the ROP told the Times of Oman.

The official said the accident occurred when two vehicles collided head-on coming from opposite directions. Mohamad Al Duwaiki, a relative of the deceased, told the Times of Oman, that the deceased had bought the car last year.

The man and the woman who were killed in the accident leave behind six and nine children respectively, according to Mohamad. He also said that he was generous to others. “His house in the wilayat of Amerat was open for the people of Sinaw village. The people of his village who had medical appointments in the capital Muscat, used to stay at his house, and he provided them with food etc,” he said.

His relative added that the victim is a self-made man and very active in the business, real estates and contracting sectors and has his own company, which called Duqmsand.

Last week, two young Indian expats died and a third was critically injured after their car smashed into a street lamp near the Muttrah flyover in Muscat.

On April 30, two children were killed and their father is battling for life in a hospital after their motorcycle collided with another vehicle in a horrific road accident in Shinas.

According to recent data released by the police, in 2017, a total of 3,845 accidents occurred, down from 4,721 the previous year. Some 640 deaths occurred in 2017, compared to 692 in 2016. Some 3,134 people were injured in 2017, compared to 3,261 people in 2016.

Some 2,124 accidents took place during the day in 2017, compared to 2,584 in 2016. The number of accidents at night in 2017 stood at 1,721, compared to 2,137 in 2016.

As many as 417 Omanis lost their lives in 2017, 89 of them females. The number of expats who lost their lives in road accidents stood at 223.

Speeding was the most common cause of accidents (2,261 in 2017, down from 2,499 in 2016). Negligence (552 compared to 672) and improper behaviour (521 compared to 705) were other causes of accidents and deaths on the roads.