The accident occurred in Shaqra, a town about 180 kilometres from capital Riyadh, on Thursday, expatriate Bangladeshis said. Fakhrul Islam, a spokesman for the Embassy of Bangladesh in Saudi Arabia, confirmed the death toll to bdnews24.com. The expatriates said a vehicle carrying 17 Bangladeshis from Riyadh crashed after the driver lost control while entering Shaqra. Two of the injured were sent to a hospital in Riyadh in ‘critical’ condition, the non-resident Bangladeshis said. The bodies have been kept at the Shaqra hospital, according to Fakhrul.

Source: bd News24 May 02, 2019 16:18 UTC