A Filipino woman, earlier reported dead based on confirmation from an emergency services official, is currently in a comatose state due to a road accident in Dubai.
The woman was walking a dog when she hit by a minibus on a pedestrian crossing near Shoreline 12 at around 9:00 am on Friday at Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, as per reports from The National.
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Witnesses described a woman lying on the road near a pedestrian crossing and one British man who lives nearby, and was with his young child at the time, said the vehicle involved was a minibus used to carry construction workers.
The official declined to give further details saying investigations continue and no details of the vehicle or driver were released.
“My wife came running into the apartment and said there had been an accident,” he said, adding that the dog was lifeless in the road and the woman was around 30 metres further away.
