8 Indian nationals have been confirmed dead in a bus crash in Dubai, the confirmation was done by the Indian Consulate in Dubai. The bus accident happened on June 6, 2019, evening.

1/2) We are sorry to inform that as per local authorities and relatives it is so far confirmed that 8 Indians have passed away in Dubai bus accident. Consulate is in touch with relatives of some of the deceased & awaits further details for others to inform their families.

— India in Dubai (@cgidubai) June 6, 2019

A total of 17 people were killed in the incident, in which 8 of them were Indians. The bus had a total of 31 passengers, the 14 injured people are currently being treated in Rashid Hospital.

According to the police of Dubai, the bus was traveling from Oman and had 31 passengers inside it when the crash happened, the bus rammed into a sign-board on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road on June 6, 2019, around 6 pm.

An image of the car crash was shared by the Dubai Police.

#هام | في تمام الساعة 5:40 من مساء اليوم، وقع #حادث مروري بليغ لباص مواصلات على متنه 31 راكب يحمل لوحة أرقام سلطنة عمان على شارع الشيخ محمد بن زايد وتحديدا (مخرج الراشدية) الى محطة المترو نتج عنه وفاة 15 راكب من جنسيات مختلفة وإصابة 5 أشخاص آخرون بإصابات بليغة. pic.twitter.com/ma5FRPW9OX

— Dubai Policeشرطة دبي (@DubaiPoliceHQ) June 6, 2019

The image showed the roof of the bus damaged.

Here is the complete name list of the Indian nationals who passed away in the bus crash:

• Rajagopalan
• Feroz Khan Pathan
• Reshma Feroz Khan Pathan
• Deepak Kumar
• Jamaludeen Arakkaveettil
• Kiran Johnny
• Vasudev
• Tilakram Jawahar Thakur

Mwasalat is a government-owned company that runs buses, canceled all its trips from Muscat to Dubai after the accident.

The company released a statement after the accident, they said, “Mwasalat has paid great attention to the incident immediately on receipt of the news and has been in direct contact with the competent authorities in Dubai to look into the incident.”

Abdullah Al Marri, the Police Chief of Dubai, said that drivers should stay alert while they are driving.

He added, “Sometimes a simple error or negligence during driving leads to serious consequences, as happened this evening, and resulted in the deaths of 17 people of different nationalities.”