5 Dead, 5 Hurt in Traffic Accident on Jiyeh Highway
A major traffic accident left five people dead on Sunday on the Jiyeh coastal highway between Sidon and Beirut.
The collision involved a Kia SUV and a BMW, according to the National News Agency.
A Frenchman was driving the Kia that has a diplomatic plate. He was accompanied by three passengers while the BMW contained four members of the Fawwaz family and a foreign domestic worker, NNA said.
The members of the Fawwaz family hail from the southern town of Jwayya in Tyre district, the agency noted.
The accident resulted in the death of Rama Fawwaz, the child Mohammed Fawwaz, Iman Siqlawi, the French Kia driver and a foreign worker called Asma, NNA said.
Three passengers of the diplomatic car and two members of the Fawwaz family, Dima and Noura, were injured in the collision.
The Lebanese Red Cross announced that seven of its rescue and emergency teams arrived on the scene and evacuated the casualties.
Y.R.
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