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Car, fire accidents reported Thursday, 11 injured

By JT - Apr 07,2016 - Last updated at Apr 07,2016

AMMAN – Eleven people were injured in various accidents across the Kingdom, according to a Civil Defence Department (CDD) statement on Thursday. Four people were injured in Aqaba when their vehicle hit a utility pole.

CDD personnel administered first aid to the wounded and rushed them to Prince Hashem Hospital where they were listed in fair condition.

Also four people were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Zarqa and were reported in fair condition. Meanwhile, 21-year-old man was hit by a car in Karak,140km south of Amman.

In Salt, the CDD extinguished a fire that broke out in an apartment in the town, which resulted in the injury of one person that was taken to Salt Hospital where he was listed in fair condition.

Also on Thursday, a woman suffered shortness of breath after inhaling smokes coming from a fire at a neighbouring shop, CDD rushed her to Jerash Hospital and she was listed in fair condition.

In Amman, firefighters extinguished a fire in a food and spices factory and prevented it from spreading to nearby areas, no injuries were reported.

 

 

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