Traffic Department: 179 accidents, resulting in 21 injuries within 24 hours

Arab Weather - Monitoring The Traffic Department of the Public Security Directorate said that it had dealt with 179 accidents, from yesterday until this morning.

According to Captain Mowaffaq Al-Khatba from the Traffic Department Operations Room, to Public Security Radio, 128 accidents were dealt with in the capital, Amman, resulting in 12 minor injuries, and 52 accidents in the rest of the kingdom's governorates, with 9 injuries, one of them severe.

In his speech, he continued, that no rise in the water level was detected except in one case in the Marka area, and the Secretariat group deals with it from time to time, and it does not constitute an obstacle.

He added that any accidents are dealt with periodically, in partnership with the cadres of the Municipality, Public Works and Municipalities, in addition to the Electricity Company's teams.

He indicated that the snow accumulations narrowed the lanes, calling on citizens not to stop vehicles on the right and left of the roads, in a way that hinders the opening of the streets.