Coach crash kills four UK tourists
Four UK travellers have been killed, and a further 12 injured, in a coach crash in Saudi Arabia, according to travel company Hashim Travel.
The coach, which contained 18 passengers, was carrying the tourists on the Umrah pilgrimage from Mecca to Medina on 21 April when it was hit by a fuel tanker near the town of Al Khalas. The truck then caught fire, setting the bus alight. The truck driver also died in the crash, and most of those injured are being treated for fractures.
The UK Foreign Office has said that it has been supporting the families of the victims, whilst family members are planning on flying out to Saudi Arabia.
The travel firm’s Director Gulfaraz Zaman said: “The coach driver said they were travelling in the opposite direction to the petrol tanker when a car overtook the tanker and he had to move in to the side of the road a little to let it through but then the petrol tanker hit the coach which caught fire.”