Nothing less than 17 people of different nationalities have been murdered and several more wounded after a bus collided with an overhead road sign in Dubai.

Police reportedly said the Oman-registered vehicle was carrying 31 passengers when the collision broke out on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.

Indian officials affirmed that eight of their citizens were among the dead.

The driver, who is in his 50s, is receiving treatment for minor wounds and a probe is underway.

On their official Twitter account, Dubai police offered their “sincere condolences and sympathies” to the victims’ family.

“Sometimes a slight error or negligence during the driving of the vehicle leads to dire consequences,” police chief Maj Gen Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri said.