UAE man injured by exploding truck tire
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sharjah, UAE – A 26 year-old man was severely injured after a truck’s tire he was inflating exploded, a Sharjah police official is reported as saying by Aghaddir Ali of Gulf News.
The incident took place on Monday at around 12pm when a truck driver stopped at a workshop in the industrial area of Sharjah.
One of the truck’s tires exploded while the mechanic was inflating it. The Pakistani mechanic was moved to Al Qasimi Hospital in a critical condition.
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