El Fasher, June 2(Darfur 24)
Over 30 Sudanese citizens were injured in a two-car accident northwest of the entrance to Al-Uwainat and south of the city of Kufra in the state of Libya, while they were traveling from the border triangle between Sudan, Libya and Egypt to the border city of Kufra on Friday evening.
One of the eyewitnesses from the accident site, Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah, told “Darfur 24” that the accident occurred between a “Tundra” car carrying Sudanese refugees near Jabal Al-Owainat, 350 km south of the city of Kufra.
He explained that the vehicle was moving at high speed for fear of being pursued by the Libyan authorities. He added that most of the passengers were young, and some children and the elderly suffered serious injuries, including serious wounds and fractures.
He pointed out that the Libyan authorities immediately sent ambulances and transported them to the city.
Meanwhile, Idris Mahjoub, head of the health emergency room in the city of Kufra on the border with Sudan, told “Darfur 24” that the clinical capacity of Atiya Al-Kaseh Hospital has become unable to accommodate more victims of the accidents to which Sudanese refugees were exposed today, south of Kufra.
He added: “Preparations are being made to refer some cases to the Martyrs of Al-Hawari Rural Hospital.”
He confirmed the occurrence of two other separate accidents deep in the desert with two Tundra cars carrying 70 people, as a result of which the Sudanese refugee passengers of the two cars were injured last Thursday evening. They were transferred to Kufra Hospital and had x-rays performed on them, bringing the number of people benefiting from x-rays within one day in the three accidents to “83” cases, 71 cases. X-ray and 12 CT scans.
He stated that the passengers suffered burns and severe injuries and received first aid from the Kufra Ambulance and Emergency Service and were transported to the city hospital.
The Libyan authorities have restricted the entry of Sudanese into the Libyan borders since last April, and informed the Sudanese authorities on the border between the two countries of this, justifying this by restricting and legalizing the presence of Sudanese refugees inside the city of Kufra.
The Libyan authorities deployed a number of desert patrols, prevented the smuggling of fuel and migrants, tightened entry procedures, confiscated cars, and imposed fines exceeding 7,000 dinars, or the equivalent of 1,000 US dollars, on the violating vehicle driver in transporting Sudanese families within the Libyan border.