The UAE Public Prosecution has opened an investigation into two road crashes on Sheikh Khalifa Road in Fujairah that killed 14 people and injured about 30, acting on directives from UAE Attorney General Dr Hamad Saif Al Shamsi. A team led by Haitham Ali Al Hammadi, First Chief Prosecutor at Fujairah Public Prosecution, went to the scene and documented evidence.
Both crashes took place where the right-hand lane was closed for maintenance. In the first, a vehicle hit a stationary truck. In the second, a truck carrying two shipping containers struck several vehicles and overturned. The Ministry of Interior announced the crash on 12 November 2026, and Fujairah Police gave the time as shortly before midnight.
The driver of the second truck was questioned and then placed in pretrial detention, with security measures in place while he is treated in hospital. Prosecutors confiscated his passport and driving licence and ordered laboratory tests and a comprehensive technical report covering both accidents.
Prosecutors ordered the damaged vehicles impounded for technical checks, including inspection of their braking systems, and instructed investigators to extract data from tracking devices and speed-recording systems. Statements are being taken from witnesses and injured survivors.
Forensic examinations were ordered to establish the causes of death, and DNA samples from the victims are being compared with samples from their families to identify them. Fujairah Police said 15 of the 30 injured had been discharged from hospital, and that a truck driver lost control and a fire spread from the truck to damaged vehicles, as set out in the Ministry of Interior’s report of 14 deaths and 30 injuries.
