Mr Hassan’s grieving brothers console each other at his funeral yesterday. Picture: AHMED RAJAB
THREE Bahrainis who died in an accident in the early hours of yesterday morning were mowed down by a motorist as they argued in the middle of the highway, it has emerged.
The victims have been identified as Hassan Al Sayyad, 23, Sadiq Ali Hassan, 32, and Adel Faraj Ebrahim, 56.
Mr Al Sayyad and Mr Ebrahim reportedly exchanged words after being involved in a collision before father-of-five Mr Hassan stopped to mediate, but a female driver of a GMC ploughed into them as they stood in the centre of Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Highway, near Hamad Town.
She is said to have then lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the two cars involved in the initial accident.
Sources said she was injured and admitted to hospital, but her condition was not known last night.
The incident at around 12.45am prompted a police appeal for motorists to be sensible after accidents.
“There have been many (cases of) such misconduct reported, which increased the seriousness of the accident and the damage resulting from it – including death,” said General Directorate of Traffic accidents and violations head Major Ahmad Al Saadi yesterday.
“The General Directorate of Traffic has observed a number of wrong traffic behaviour committed by people, like standing in the public street at the time of any traffic accident.
“Gathering at an accident site may lead to other accidents, as well as put lives of people in danger.
“Suddenly slowing down on the road at the scene of the accident is another behaviour which has negative effects and this could also obstruct the Civil Defence vehicles and ambulance from doing their job smoothly.
“Those involved in accidents must stop their vehicles in safe places, away from the public road, and then go to the nearest centres to report, which are spread in all four governorates.
“They should not try to chase a vehicle involved in an accident, for all of these may cause traffic obstructions.
“The police just needs an explanation of the situation and the vehicle registration number, if available.”
Mr Al Sayyad was buried yesterday in Al Daih, while Mr Hassan was buried in Zinj.
Relatives of both men said they were awaiting the results of the police investigation.
“We are yet to hear from police what exactly happened and we know they are investigating,” said Mr Hassan’s older brother Ameer Ali Hassan. “He (Sadiq) left the ma’atam in Zinj with all of us at around midnight to Karzakan, where he lives with his family.
“From what we learn, he stopped his car after seeing two men on the road arguing – with their cars parked on the highway.
“He was trying to settle the issue between the two and a GMC driven by a woman hit all three of them, throwing them metres from where they were standing.
“I was in Saudi Arabia when they called me from the police station and I saw my brother’s body in Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) morgue.
“All three of them died from severe head injuries and my brother had multiple fractures on his body.
“The cars of other two were damaged, while Sadiq’s car was parked away (from the accident site) and was intact.
“He was a dear person to all in the family and to the people in the neighbourhood and we still can’t believe that he is no more.”
Mr Hassan, who worked at Alba, is survived by his two wives and five children, aged three to 11.
Relatives of Mr Al Sayyad said he was on his way home to Hamad Town after visiting a ma’atam in Al Daih.
“We don’t know what exactly happened, but the other two who died are not Hassan’s friends nor are they from the same village,” said Mr Al Sayyad’s uncle, Makki Al Sayyad.
“We hope the police will give us a report soon.
“They were standing on the highway when another car hit them and they died.”
Mr Al Sayyad is survived by his wife and six-month-old son. It is believed Mr Ebrahim came from Muharraq, but no further details were available.
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