Ministerial team visits desert highway accident site

AMMAN — A ministerial team on Saturday visited Qatraneh in Karak governorate to inspect the site of the three-vehicle accident on the desert highway that killed eight people and injured 19 others on Thursday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The team comprised ministers of interior, housing and transport Ghaleb Zu’bi, Sami Halaseh and Hussein Al Souob, in addition to Public Security Department Director Maj. Gen. Ahmad Sarhan Faqih. Zu’bi said there will be new measures to limit traffic accidents and no leniency will be shown to violators of traffic laws.

On the sidelines of the visit, he held a meeting in Qatraneh police station and recommended establishing two security checkpoints, one on Amman’s side and the other on Aqaba’s, in order to test mainly large vehicles, as well as drivers’ physical and mental fitness. The recommendations will be sent to the Cabinet to take the necessary measures.