Indian Student, 21, Got Flat Tyre On Dubai Road. Speeding Car Killed Her

A 21-year-old Indian student was killed in a road accident in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after experiencing a flat tyre. Naifa Balkies Hameed, a final-year architecture student at Canadian University Dubai, was standing outside her car, seeking roadside assistance, when a speeding vehicle struck her on Al Khawaneej Street.Moments before the accident, Hameed was on a call with her father, who was in India for a family function, to tell him about the flat tyre while she was on her way to university.

Her father, Binu Hameed, advised her to call roadside assistance, send her car to a workshop and get a taxi to college, according to a Gulf News report. Talking to the publication, Hameed's uncle said that about five minutes later, her father called her again, but there was no answer.The family later received a call from Dubai Police informing them about the accident.