Seven Bangladeshis, including women and children, were killed in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia. All the victims were from Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar, with four members of one family and three from another among the deceased.
The accident occurred at around 2am local time on Friday (November 6) while they were travelling from Madinah to Jeddah.
According to local sources, the vehicle carrying the Bangladeshis crashed after the driver lost control on the highway. All seven passengers died at the scene.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot shortly after the accident, recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital morgue.
Among the deceased were Ziaur Rahman, a storekeeper at Al Abir Cold Store Trading Company in Saudi Arabia, and his two sons and daughter.
The wife of Ilias, a forklift operator at the same company, was also killed in the accident.
The other victims were Alamshah, a storekeeper employed by the company in Makkah, and his one-month-old daughter.
The information was provided by Nuruzzaman, marketing manager of the company.
According to reports in several media outlets, the bodies of the victims have been kept at the morgue of a government hospital in Madinah.
