4-Month-Old Baby Boy, Who Has Been Declared ‘Brain Dead,’ Unlikely to Survive Following Car Crash That Killed His Parents

A 4-month-old baby boy was severely injured in a car crash that killed his parents — and he is unlikely to survive.

On Aug. 7, engineer Syed Waheed, 35, and his wife, Sana Begum, 27, died in a crash while they were driving in Abu Dhabi and headed to their home in Al Ruwais, according to multiple reports from local outlets The National, The Daily Tribune of Bahrain and The Khaleej Times of Dubai.

The vehicle hit a road divider and then crashed into a pole with the couple’s three children also in the vehicle, per The National, which cited both an uncle and the children’s maternal grandfather, Syed Ismail.

Ismail told the outlet that the youngest child, a 4-month-old boy, was left with “brain injuries” from the crash. The Times reported that the crash took place around 3 a.m. local time.

The National initially reported on Aug. 11 that the baby was taken to an intensive care unit and treated for head injuries, while his older sisters — Sidra, 7, and Sadia, 2 — had fractures in their legs.

All were being treated at a hospital in Al Ruwais, uncle Syed Mateen told the Times that the girls are expected to be discharged early next week, but their little brother is on a ventilator and “almost fully brain dead.”

“There has been no improvement and doctors have told us that he may not survive,” the uncle said in an Aug. 14 update to the outlet. “I can’t think properly, it’s too much of a shock to see the baby on a ventilator.”

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“We haven’t told the children yet about their parents,” he added. “How do you tell children this news? I will wait until my father comes here to talk to them about this.”

After the crash, the family said the baby’s grandfather was traveling from Hyderabad, India — where a funeral was held — to take custody of the children.

“They have left us, they are gone, we can do nothing. We can only pray to Allah for the children. I ask everyone to pray for my grandson, he is only 4 months old and has brain injuries,” Ismail told The National on Aug. 11.

A close relative also told The Daily Tribune that the baby was “fighting for his life” as of Aug. 11. Relatives worked with the Indian Embassy to bring the parents’ remains back home, as the outlet reported that they were laid to rest on Aug. 9, two days after the crash.

Mateen was the last person to see the parents — his brother-in-law and sister — before their deaths last week. He told the National that they were visiting him at his Abu Dhabi home. “I’m blank, I still cannot believe it. I still think my sister is alive, I cannot believe I will never meet her again,” he said, adding that his brother-in-law was also “such a good person.”

“He would do anything for people in need, would give people money if they needed and would never ask for it back. I learned from Waheed about helping people. He also knew how to handle critical situations,” Mateen continued.

At the time of his death, the infant’s father worked for a technology company and recently moved with his family from Abu Dhabi, where they lived for five years, to Al Ruwais. They had been living in the United Arab Emirates for roughly seven years, per The National.

“They were the decision makers in our family and now they are gone,” the uncle said. “There is so much we need to plan for the education and future of the children.”

Ismail also reflected on the loss of his “perfect” daughter. Her dream, he told The National, was to “care and look after the children.”

“Her dreams were only for the children — they both wanted to give them the world,” he added.