Fatal road accident in Sharjah claims lives of two young women. Lack of pedestrian crossings in Sharjah's roads partly to blame as another road accident claims young lives. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00This is the spot where the body of 21-year-old Meethi Singh lay on Monday evening.
00:10She was on her way back from college when she was hit by a speeding motorist.
00:15Meethi died on the spot.
00:17The tragedy happened on the Corniche Road in Sharjah minutes after she had been dropped
00:21off by the college bus.
00:23Her family is devastated.
00:26Her 10-year-old sister says she can't imagine a life without her elder sister, who was her
00:31best friend.
00:55And I was getting really scared then and he told me first and he said the words, Meethi's
01:04no more.
01:05And I was, I really said, you're joking, right?
01:07I mean, I was surprised.
01:08I was actually laughing.
01:09I was like, no, you're joking.
01:10You're joking.
01:11Like that.
01:12And we went to the isolation room and she was there.
01:16Her body was covered with this cover.
01:18I never, I really never thought that this would happen.
01:23And I couldn't bear to see her, actually, you know, her eyes also were not closed.
01:29I mean, it was, I really couldn't bear it.
01:32It was like this so unbearable pain in the body, like, you know, when you see and it's
01:37so, like you feel like screaming, you know, it was really horrible to see her like that.
01:46And whatever it was, it was something, you know, it was not the real Meethi.
01:51Real Meethi is the soul somewhere, but that was just something which I didn't want to
01:56see because it used to remind me that, you know, she's no more.
02:00Motorists and residents said that this was not the first time that an accident took place
02:05at the Corniche Street in Albuhera.
02:07If the pedestrians are also crossing, they should pay attention, you know, while crossing.
02:12And first of all, there's no zebra crossing at all from where they will go.
02:15This is the Buhera Corniche Road, Sharjah, and it's very difficult to cross the road
02:20because there is no zebra crossing or pedestrian marking is not there.
02:24So it's very difficult and we are facing too many difficulties.
02:29Especially crossing this road, you'll never be able to cross this road.
02:33Why?
02:34Because the cars, they drive very fast.
02:37There is no subway for people to work.
02:40There is no, I mean, there are no facilities so that people can cross and go to the Corniche side.
02:47Do we need to waste more lives before the authorities finally decide to act?
02:53It is perhaps time to raise awareness from all quarters, pedestrians, motorists and authorities,
02:59before the next tragedy strikes.
03:02Sunita Menon, Gulf News.