A witness deposing in a trial court confirmed that the car that hit the vehicle of the business and trade minister in May, causing his death, was involved in a daredevil racing contest on the Doha-Al Wakra highway. The witness was coming from Al Wakra, driving in the same direction as the racing cars, while the minister, Sheikh Fahad bin Jassem Al Thani, was coming from the opposite direction in his car, heading towards Al Wakra. The witness told the court presided over by Judge Nasser bin Mohamed Al Dosri that when the two cars sped past his, their speed was so “maddeningly high” that his vehicle shook. “The two four-wheelers sped past my car in split second,” he said. Racing of two cars caused minister’s death: Witness DOHA: A witness deposing in a trial court confirmed that the car which hit the vehicle of the business and trade minister in May causing his death, was involved in a daredevil racing on Doha-Al Wakra highway. The witness was driving and coming in from the direction of the racing cars from Al Wakra, while the minister, H E Sheikh Fahad bin Jassem Al Thani, was coming from the opposite direction in his car and heading towards Al Wakra. The witness told the court presided over by Judge Nasser bin Mohamed Al Dosri that when the two cars sped past his, their speed was so much ‘maddeningly high’ that his vehicle shook. While one of the cars sped past his from the right, the other one on the left took to the service road in what looked like a ‘daredevil racing. “The two four-wheelers sped past my car in split second,” he said. And soon the car on the service road approached the main highway, it kissed the other vehicle. This caused one of the cars to collide with the divider and cross over to the other side of the road. It first hit an electric pole and later the car of the minister which was coming in from the opposite direction, said the witness. According to him, he was driving at a permissible speed of 80km per hour and after the accident, he saw the driver of the car which was involved in the collision, coming out. He began looking for something on the road. It seemed he had a laptop inside which he thought was thrown out of the vehicle on the road after the mishap. The doctor who attended on the minister at the accident and emergency unit of Hamad Medical Corporation after the accident, said the minister died of severe injuries on his body. He had suffered several fractures, said the doctor. The court asked him to repeat his statement for confirmation and he obliged.The defence lawyer in the case told the court the witness had a medical history and that this be included in the file of the case.He urged the court to grant bail to the first accused. The court conceded the demand but imposed a ban on his travel overseas until the case was decided. http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=July2009&file=Local_News20090721313.xml

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