Syrians, Jordanians killed in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi daily al-Watan issued today said that a horrific accidents took place on Thursday in the Saudi area of Hafer al-Batin resulted in killing 23 persons of Syrian and Jordanian nationalities.

The paper said that the accident happened when a lorry collided with a passengers coach loading 26 passengers who came from Kuwait to perform al-Omra rituals. It added that the bodies of the killed passengers scattered and then the coach which stock to the left side of the lorry set ablaze and this resulted in killed 23 persons including the driver of the lorry.

A Saudi security source told the paper that as the accident took place at night times and the burning of the coach obstructed rescue operations, adding that only three persons survived and one is in a critical condition.

The Kuwaiti company, the owner of the coach said that all the passengers are of the Syrian and Jordanian nationalities and one woman is among them.