SAUDI ARABIA

4 pilgrims die, 40 hurt in bus-truck collision

December 01, 2017
Bus-truck collision on Makkah-Madinah Expressway Thursday. - Okaz
Bus-truck collision on Makkah-Madinah Expressway Thursday. - Okaz

By Sultan Al-Memone
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH – Four pilgrims were killed and 40 others injured on Thursday afternoon, when a bus carrying Asian pilgrims collided head-on with a big truck on Al-Hijrah Madinah-Makkah Expressway near Al-Far’ Valley (Wadi Al-Far’).
The Spokesman of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in Madinah Province Khaled Al-Sahli revealed that 12 of them suffered serious injury, 8 moderate and 20 slight. Red Crescent and Health Ministry teams transported all the cases to the nearby hospitals.

December 01, 2017
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