Dubai: Twenty Asian workers of a cleaning company were killed and 25 other injured in a road accident near Al Ain on Monday, Emirates 24/7 reported.
The accident occurred on the Abu Dhabi Al-Ain road near Al-Rawdah Palace, about 40km from Al Ain town.
The bus was carrying around 50 labourers to their place of work.
According to the news website, the bus collided with a trailer around 8am, carrying building materials like sand which fell on the workers, preventing their escape.
Rescue teams and Al-Ain police helicopters removed the bodies and the injured from the site in various hospitals in the town.
According to the Al-Ain Hospital sources, mostly Bangladesh nationals were among the dead.
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