Doha

The drivers of two cars were injured when their vehicles collided with each other on the B-Ring Road between the Sana signal and the intersection with Airport Road.

The injured were identified as Egyptian and Iranian expatriates. Both sustained relatively minor injuries, it is learnt.

There were no other occupants in their cars. An eyewitness said one of the cars went out of control and jumped to the other side of the road to hit a car coming from the opposite side.

The accident resulted in a traffic jam in the area for a while but the police intervened to bring the situation back to normal. Both the injured were hospitalised.