Seven Bangladeshis, including an infant, were killed in a road accident in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Another 15 Bangladeshis were injured in the incident. They were travelling from Madinah to Jeddah when the accident occurred.

The tragic accident took place early Saturday (November 7) on the highway from Madinah to Jeddah, according to officials of the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah.

Consulate officials said the Bangladeshis were travelling in a vehicle from Madinah towards Jeddah when it lost control and crashed. Seven people, including women and children, died in the accident.

All the deceased were associated with Al Abeer Cold Store Trading Company. They were from Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh.

Nuruzzaman, the company’s marketing manager, said the deceased included company storekeeper Ziaur Rahman, his two sons and a daughter. The others were the wife of Elias, a forklift operator at the company, and Alam Shah, a storekeeper working in Makkah, along with his one-month-old daughter.

Following the incident, local Saudi police and rescue teams rushed to the scene, recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital morgue. The 15 injured Bangladeshis were admitted to the same hospital for treatment.

The Consulate General said the Bangladesh mission would provide all necessary assistance to ensure that the bodies are repatriated to their families as soon as possible after completion of the legal formalities.

Meanwhile, local sources said the accident occurred when a truck rammed into a bus carrying the Bangladeshis from behind as they were returning to Jeddah from Madinah.

The seven deceased belonged to several families in Bangladesh, including children.