40 Umrah Pilgrims Hurt In Head-on Collision Outside Makkah
Saudi Arabian News Updates
12 April 2009
MAKKAH: More than 40 pilgrims
suffered various injuries when two buses collided
head-on in the plain of Arafat yesterday.
The pilgrims were out sightseeing when the collision
took place.
Capt. Fawzi Al-Ansari, spokesman for Makkah Traffic
Department, said the pilgrims on board the buses were
from Iran and Morocco. The injured were taken to Al-Noor
Specialist Hospital and King Abdul Aziz Hospital.
“Luckily no one died in the accident,” Al-Ansari said.
“The Traffic police, the Civil Defense and the Red
Crescent attended the accident scene. Investigations
are currently under way to determine the cause of the
accident,” he added.
Dr. Hatim Al-Amri, an official at Al-Noor Specialist
Hospital, said his hospital sent paramedics to tend to
those injured at the accident site.
“A part of our emergency center was also evacuated to
cater for incoming injured pilgrims. Our hospital
received 26 accident victims,” he said.
“One of the victims was admitted into intensive care,
and another was taken for immediate surgery to his
right hand. The rest of the victims sustained mainly
medium and minor injuries, and bruises,” Al-Amri
added.
Five Malaysian pilgrims died on Wednesday when the bus
they were traveling in lost control and crashed into a
small mountain about 46 km outside Madinah. There were
20 pilgrims on the bus, which was taking them from
Makkah to Madinah.
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