Fourteen Killed, 30 Injured in Fujairah Pile-Up Involving 23 Vehicles

Fourteen people were killed and 30 injured in a Fujairah pile-up involving 23 vehicles on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, at the entrance to the emirate, after a truck lost control, overturned and caught fire. Police described it as one of the deadliest road crashes in the history of the United Arab Emirates.

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• What happened: A truck driver lost control on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, near the entrance to Fujairah, shortly before midnight on Wednesday, 11 November 2026. The truck struck another vehicle, overturned and hit several vehicles stopped in slow-moving traffic, then caught fire.
• Casualties: 14 people killed and 30 injured. The figures are preliminary and may change as identification work continues.
• Vehicles involved: 23 vehicles in total — 18 cars and five trucks.
• The injured: 15 of the 30 injured people have been discharged from hospital; 15 remain under treatment. The injured include nationals of the UAE, Oman, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Jordan and Egypt.
• The dead: Emirati nationals are among those killed. Some victims are still being identified through DNA testing, and the authorities have not released a full list of the dead.
• Status: Fujairah Police have opened an investigation into the cause of the crash. The UAE Ministry of Interior has urged the public not to circulate unverified claims about the victims or the toll.

How the Fujairah pile-up happened

The crash happened late on Wednesday night on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, the main road into Fujairah from Dubai and Sharjah. According to Fujairah Police, the truck driver lost control of his vehicle shortly before midnight. The truck first struck another vehicle, then overturned and ploughed into several vehicles that had stopped because of slow-moving traffic.

A fire then broke out in the truck and spread to a number of the damaged vehicles, police said. Emergency teams, including police, ambulance crews and Civil Defence, were sent to the scene, extinguished the fire, moved the injured to hospitals and secured the road.

The UAE Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday that the relevant authorities were carrying out the necessary response measures, including field operations, medical assistance for the injured and coordination among the competent bodies.

Victims and the injured

Fifteen of the 30 injured people had been discharged from hospital by Thursday, while the remaining 15 continued to receive treatment, depending on the severity of their injuries, Fujairah Police said.

The dead included Emirati nationals, while the identities of several other victims were still being established through DNA testing. The authorities have not yet released a complete breakdown of the nationalities of those who died.

The Indian Consulate General in Dubai confirmed that Indian nationals were among those killed and said it was coordinating with local authorities to assist the affected families. Reports from Kerala identified three of the dead as 21-year-old twin siblings Mohamed Asmi Siddique and Misna Jubin Siddique, and their three-year-old nephew, Muhammed Faiz, from Malappuram. According to the reports, the family was returning to Fujairah from Sharjah at around 11 pm on 11 November when their car collided with a truck. Other members of the family survived with injuries and are out of danger.

Police said the injured included nationals of the UAE, Oman, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Jordan and Egypt. No Pakistani has been confirmed among the dead.

Investigation under way

Fujairah Police said technical and legal investigations were continuing to determine the exact cause of the truck driver’s loss of control and the other factors that contributed to the crash. Police also urged motorists to observe speed limits, maintain safe distances and avoid using mobile phones while driving.

The Ministry of Interior stressed that information about the accident should be obtained only through official Fujairah Police channels and called on the public not to share unverified information about the victims, the casualty figures or their nationalities, out of respect for the families.

Second fatal crash in Fujairah in three days

The pile-up came two days after another fatal crash in Fujairah. On 10 November, a 28-year-old Emirati man and a 16-year-old boy were killed when their car hit the rear of a parked truck on the Fujairah-Khorfakkan Road. Two other people were injured in that crash. Police have urged motorists to be cautious around trucks parked along roadsides and to maintain safe distances.

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