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As Dubai’s food delivery booms, dangers and casualties mount

Motorcycle delivery drivers take a break and buy juice, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. “Of course they're getting injured. They're overworked, dehydrated, exhausted,” said Dr. Taimoor Tung at Dubai’s Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) A delivery driver for the app Deliveroo prepares to make a delivery, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) A delivery driver for the app Deliveroo prepares to make a delivery, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. The trend has transformed Dubai’s streets and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Delivery drivers for the app Deliveroo wait for orders, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. The trend has transformed Dubai’s streets and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) A delivery driver for the app Deliveroo speeds through a roundabout, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. The trend has transformed Dubai’s streets and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)