Road worker killed
Source ::: THE PENINSULA
DOHA: A man from the southern Indian state Kerala died on the spot on Thursday when a speeding card hit him. Yousaf (34) from Kozhikode in Kerala, was working as a heavy vehicle driver in the general cleaning project of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning.
At 5pm on Thursday he was loading a small shovel in a recovery vehicle on Salwa road, when a Qatari national driving a Lexus hit him. His back was towards the vehicle so he could not see it.
So strong was the impact that he was thrown some 50 meters away and one of his legs was cut out of the body and he died on the spot.
Another driver Binu (30) who was helping him nearby was injured and rushed to Hamad Hospital. Yusuf was married and has a five-year-old child.
I cannot begin to imagine imagine the speed that must have been involved. What a horrible, preventable tragedy.
Mandi
Is that kiss..kiss..kiss, and justice is done
oh the poor qatari. he's going to have pay blood money and damages to the lexus. i'm guessing no new watch this year then.
i hope the courts go easy on him and he doesn't have to go through the drama of an appeal.
If people stopped through crap out of their cars onto the roads (cigarettes, litter, empty coke cans...) there would be no need to hire people to do such a dangerous job.
There seems to be a mentality here that the occassional loss of life on the roads is a fair price to pay to enjoy the convenience of using the road network as a giant dumpster.
Next time you through your litter out of the car window, think about the poor guys who have the dangerous job of cleaning it up.
Haay friends , here in qatar i found sixty percent drivers are reklessssss,.........
It really shows how irresponsible driver he is. I hope and prayed that he cant sleep for the rest of his life.. that everytime he sleeps, he will see that nightmare he made. i hope that he lives long so he'll suffers for not sleeping and wished that he'll get sick, a painful sickness the will rot his legs slowly and painfully. that every tears will fall on the dead mans family makes his leg bleed in a painful way, that no medicine can cure the sickeness he had and wishes that he never learned how to drive and to die soon... but not..
But the fact it was a road worker, not some jaywalker or something, is even worse. If it's obvious there is road work ahead it is only common sense that everyone should SLOW DOWN. Sadly someone has to be made a brutal example of for attitudes to change, with some long, heavy jailtime at least...
.exactly alexa.
.sorry to say, but there are some ignorant people who prance around like a queen in the road......
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Talk to my crown......
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There r so many good 4 nothing drivers here,especially those arrogant people driving expensive cars.
NECESSSARY ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN AGAINTS THE DRIVER EVEN HE IS QATARI OR EXPAT , HUMANITY IS IMPORTANT THEN NATIONALITY
rest in peace
its reall Horrible..even feel so bad..abt such kind of pplz..
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everyone drive slow please
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Whilst I feel truly sorry for the poor guy and I agree that driving here does sometimes leave a lot to be desired. Just remember that deaths of this type occur all over the world.
I totally agree with Chairboy. Just watch and see. Maybe someone should bookmark this thread??
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thats all,,totally needless....
you read about it here and probably read about it in the Peninsula which is why they write about this stuff.
I don't think we need to do anything in the name of God, he's a big boy and can take of himself.
Just how extreme can we put a comment on this without being deported. At best, theres a blood money available to conclude justice. And you know how much life is worth here in GCC.
May he rest in peace and may his family find solace somehow.
I hope that the driver is prosecuted and pays a hefty sum to the family at the least.
1/100 of an Arab in blood money?
fell sorry for such cases what will happen of his family now :(
may his soul rest in peace
R.I.P
Sorry for the lost, however hope he find the justice that he deserves.
I've noticed these Municipality workers cleaning the fast lane and the dividers... the have a pickup in the front with lights and they are doing the job at the back... I figured out immediately that it was very dangerous
They need proper protection... just having a pickup in front with lights is not good enough...
they should have vehicles in the front AND the back...
The problem is that sometimes, if two vehicles are driving very close to each other, the one that's immediately in the back cannot see what's up ahead...
So when the car in the front makes a last minute switch of lanes, the one in the back does not have time to react...
Anyway, yesterday I had a nissan patrol trailing me with less than 1mtr gap at around 100km/h... if i hit the brakes for any reason... we were both gone... crazy drivers...
so sad...
how can someone be so reckless? bless his soul and his grief stricken family... so sad :(
I feel bad for the workers in the streets. May Allah rest his soul and give his family the strength to move on.
Ina Lillah wa ina iLayhi rajioon..
Sad ..
...for The Peninsula to write about the gory details of the incident? Where is professional reporting these days???
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this is so sad :(
No matter such craps get evicted from the worldly courts, there is THE SUPREME COURT which leaves no matter unjust
May allah grant utter patience to the greaved family and courage to live their lives on-aameen
From an earlier in the day thread - but its more appropriate here. What you are going to read is hypothetical and the circumstances of the incident may not be what they seem, however, I will include this for the sake of being provocative;-
Lets now move forward 9 months and read from the Gulf Times - "The lower court today awarded a Qatari National a 2 year jail sentence and a QR200,000 fine for careless and reckless driving which resulted in the death of an Indian national who was engaged in road works on C ring road in August 2009. The National is believed to be in the process of appealing the decision"
Now a further 3 months forward from that......and again from the Gulf Times....
"The Court of Appeal today overturned a previous sentence passed on a Qatari National in regard to a Road Traffic incodent in August last year. The national had previously been awarded a 2 year jail sentance and a QR200,000 fine. The Court of Appeal suspended the 2 year sentence and reduced the fine to QR10,000. The Nationals insurance company was ordered to pay the blood money. In explaining its decision to reduce the sentence, the Court of Appeal said that in reaching its decison, it hasd taken into consideration the defendants age and circumstance"
This is hypothetical, but it is based on a number of recent accounts of a similar nature. Now you tell me whats wrong here in terms of deterrent - rhetorical question.
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funny at all...........may be you dont have a heart. Its such a loss
Inna Lillah
Wonder why these people have to drive so crazily that it should take someone live...Not just one life but the once depended on him...
Dont they get nightmares for having killed someone.....how can one have a peaceful life after that......
GOd bless his family....
Very sad indeed!!
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and especially for the child who won't have his father :-(
May he rest in peace.
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Salwa Road. Lexus. If it was out past industial, most likely 200+
slow reflexes
horrible indeed...