Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Three Bangladeshi workers were killed and five injured in a road accident at Jeddha in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The accident occurred when a coaster, carrying the workers, collided with a microbus at Hamdania near Jeddha Airport, The Daily Star, a local newspaper, reported quoting Md Nazmul Islam, the consul general at Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah.
Three other expatriate workers were also killed and two injured in the accident.
The deceased are: Sanu Miah, son of one Kala Miah of Fenchuganj in Sylhet, Mortaza Ali, son of one Morshed Ali of Kulaura in Moulvibazar and Runnu Miah, son of one Wabullah. The district of Runnu was not known immediately.
First secretary visited the spot immediately after the accident and talked to the five injured Bangladeshi at a local hospital where they were undergoing treatment, the newspaper said.
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