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Abu Dhabi police say 47 injured as school buses crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Police in Abu Dhabi say 47 people have been injured, two of them seriously, in a crash that involved school buses.

The crash happened Thursday morning on a bridge in the capital of the United Arab Emirates and involved two school buses and another bus.

Police said the injured had been transported to a hospital. It wasn’t clear how many of the injured were school children. Police also did not name the schools affected by the crash.

Aggressive driving is common on Emirati roads. Police did not immediately offer a reason for the crash.

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