Seven Bangladeshis, Including Women and Children, Killed in Road Accident in Saudi Arabia
Seven Bangladeshis, including women and children, have been killed in a serious road accident in Saudi Arabia. The accident occurred on Saturday while they were travelling from Madinah to Jeddah. According to local sources, the victims were travelling in a vehicle from Madinah towards Jeddah when the driver lost control, causing the accident. All seven, including women and children, died at the scene.
Initial information suggests that the victims were family members associated with Al Abir Cold Stores Trading Company. They include Ziaur Rahman, a storekeeper at the company, and his two sons and one daughter. The others are the wife of Ilyas, a forklift operator, and Alamshah, a storekeeper working in Makkah, along with his one-month-old daughter.
Details about the exact time, location and cause of the accident, as well as the victims’ hometowns in Bangladesh, have not yet been confirmed. Following the accident, local Saudi police and rescue teams rushed to the scene, recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital morgue.
However, Saudi authorities, local media and the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh had not issued any immediate statement on the incident.
