A distraught expat has paid tribute to a friend and co-worker who died in last month’s Emirates Road horror smash.
Speaking from Bangladesh, where he accompanied the body of Baddonat
Hasan, grieving
Shadoddin K said that he flew back to be with his friend
for a final goodbye.
“It’s very sad, he was a very good man,” Shadoddin said. “Many people
came to the funeral for him. He had been in the UAE for eight years and
had always sent money home to his family.”
Thirteen labourers were killed, and a number of others were injured,
after a bus ploughed into the back of a stationary lorry on Saturday,
May 11. The bus driver, police believe, had fallen asleep at the wheel.
Labour supply company Holland Technical Services paid for Shadoddin
and several other employees to accompany the bodies, as it is required
by law that bodies are escorted from the UAE.
He said that Hasan’s 12-year-old son is mute and that his widow has
no income with which to support her family. He added that the family has
so far received Dhs1,000 in compensation from Holland Tech, but added
they would need more to get by.
The company’s lawyer told 7DAYS that the firm is awaiting the results
of the police investigation into the accident before deciding on any
further compensation. The funerals of the 12 other victims took place in
India and other parts of Bangladesh. Most of the firm’s funeral goer
employees live at the company’s accommodation in Umm Al Quwain.
The bus was on the way to Jebel Ali when it crashed.
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