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| Asian workers die in UAE accident | Asian workers die in UAE accident |
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| At least 22 Asian workers have been killed and 24 injured in a road accident in the United Arab Emirates, reports say. | At least 22 Asian workers have been killed and 24 injured in a road accident in the United Arab Emirates, reports say. |
| A bus transporting workers collided with a lorry carrying construction materials in the Zakhir district of al-Ain city. | A bus transporting workers collided with a lorry carrying construction materials in the Zakhir district of al-Ain city. |
| According to GulfNews.com, most of the workers were cleaners of Indian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani origin. | |
| Millions of foreign workers, mostly from South Asia, live in the UAE. | |
| The accident took place on the Old Truck Road during morning rush hour, reports said. | |
| The lorry ended up on top of the bus, Gen Hussein al-Harithi, director of Abu Dhabi traffic police told state news agency WAM. | |
| He said the lorry had overturned when its brakes failed and that there had not been a safe distance between the two vehicles. |