Seven Bangladeshi nationals including women and a one-month-old infant were killed in a devastating road accident in Saudi Arabia on Saturday while traveling from Madinah to Jeddah.
The deceased were family members of employees working at Al Abir Cold Stores Trading Company an enterprise with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah.
The victims include Ziaur Rahman, a storekeeper at the company along with his two sons and daughter. The other victims were identified as the wife of forklift operator Eliyas as well as Alamshah, a storekeeper based in Mecca and his one-month-old daughter.
Preliminary reports indicate the group was traveling along the Madinah-Jeddah route when their vehicle met with the fatal crash. Detailed information regarding the exact location, time and specific cause of the collision as well as the victims' home districts in Bangladesh has not yet been confirmed.
Neither Saudi authorities nor local media have released official statements regarding the incident. Meanwhile the news of the tragedy has brought deep shock and mourning to the families and relatives of the deceased back home in Bangladesh.
