Dubai: A 21-year-old Indian student was killed in a road accident in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday, November 5, after being struck by a speeding vehicle while waiting for roadside assistance following a flat tyre.
Naifa Balkies Hameed, originally from Thodupuzha in Kerala, was a final-year architecture student at Canadian University Dubai. The accident occurred on Al Khawaneej Street as she was travelling to university.
According to a report published by Gulf News on Tuesday, November 10, Hameed contacted her father, Binu Hameed, after one of her car tyres went flat. He advised her to arrange roadside assistance, have the vehicle taken to a workshop and travel to university by taxi.
About five minutes after their conversation, her father tried calling her again, only to find that she was unreachable, her uncle told the publication.
The family later received a call from Dubai Police informing them of the crash. Police reportedly told them that Hameed was standing behind her vehicle when the speeding car struck her. The driver was subsequently arrested, according to the family, and an investigation is under way.
Family had recently travelled to India
Hameed and her family had recently visited India to attend a wedding. While her father, brother and sister-in-law stayed back for the celebrations, she returned to Dubai with her mother, Seema, to resume her university classes.
The family had moved to the UAE to support her higher education. Her father, a businessman, had previously travelled frequently between Saudi Arabia, Dubai and India before settling in the emirate.
The incident follows another fatal crash involving Indian nationals in Dubai in June. Seven people, including six Indians and a Sri Lankan, were killed when a minibus collided with a truck on Emirates Road on June 8. Nine others were injured.
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Source: The Siasat Daily
