Helicopter Lands On UAE Highway To Rescue Injured Motorist

Rescuers from the UAE’s Ministry of Interior deployed a helicopter ambulance to rescue an injured motorist on the national highway, Emirates Road.

Helicopter ambulance to the rescue

Traffic on Emirates Road was at a standstill following an accident last Tuesday. The Ministry of Interior rushed to the scene with a helicopter ambulance arriving on the national highway. A team of paramedics offered first aid to the injured motorist and carried him tp the chopper using a stretcher. Check it out:

صقور الداخلية ” تنقذ آسيوي تعرض لحادث مروري على شارع الإمارات
MoI’s Air Wing Department Rescues a person severely injured on Emirates Road
#صقور_الداخلية #MOIEagles @NAmbulanceUAE pic.twitter.com/PWYwadBYju

— MOIUAE (@moiuae) December 24, 2019

Ministry of Interior earns praises for its speedy service

A lot of residents took to Twitter to praise the Ministry thanking them for responding to the accident immediately and rescuing the driver. Their team operates 24×7 through the week rescuing patients and arriving instantly for emergencies.

Photograph credit: Ministry of Interiror

Check out the last time an air ambulance came to the rescue in the middle of a desert

Last February saw an Emirati biker sustain multiple injuries in Nazwa desert following a horrific crash. With help from nearby dirt bike riders, they contacted rescue crews from the Air Wing Department in the General Directorate of Security Support to save the biker. Take a look: