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One dead, four in ICU in deadly road accident

Lamya Abdulla
05 July 2022, MVT 12:20
Red car after the road collision: two men and two women were being treated in the ICU --
Lamya Abdulla
05 July 2022, MVT 12:20

A woman injured in the deadly road accident died while receiving treatment.

Maryam Amany Rasheed, 23, from Gaafu Alifu Maamendhoo, passed away in Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) last night.

Four other people injured in the accident are being treated in the intensive care unit of IGMH as well, according to an official from the hospital. Three of them are on ventilators.

People on scene after a car and a double decker MTCC bus collided on Monday evening: both vehicles appear to be damaged --

"Two women and two men are in the ICU. Three of them are on ventilators," the official said.

All of them were passengers of the car that collided with a double-decker passenger bus.

The bus driver and other passengers in the bus received minor injuries.

Video circulating online shows a red car on the fast lane of Boduthakurufaanu Magu, driving on the opposite lane where the bus was driving. It appears the car lost control and hit the bus, injuring the passengers of the car and the bus as well.

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