Blood, body parts were scattered all around: Dubai bus accident survivor

The survivors of the Dubai road accident that killed 17 people, including 12 Indians, said the co-passengers screamed and wailed as they tried to help each other in the blood-splattered bus that rammed into a low-clearance sign here.

The bus, coming from Oman's capital Muscat to Dubai, was carrying 31 passengers when it crashed into a height barrier that cut the left side of the bus and killed passengers sitting on that side on Thursday evening. It had wrongly entered a road not designated for buses towards Al Rashidiya metro station here.

Nidhin Laji, 29, who belongs to Kerala, survived the accident with a minor scratch on his face.

"There was blood everywhere. Most people who were sitting on the left side died on the spot," Laji, who was sitting on the right side of the vehicle, was quoted as saying by the Khaleej Times.

Recounting the horror of the accident, he said that he heard screams and gasps for breath.

"Blood and flesh were all over the seats as the metal plate scythed ...