40 haj pilgrims dead in road crash

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 | Source: AFP

SAUDI ARABIA: Forty pilgrims traveling by bus from the United Arab Emirates to Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage were killed Wednesday in a road accident in eastern Saudi Arabia, the official SPA news agency reported.

The dead included 37 Pakistanis, one Saudi, one Egyptian and one Syrian.

Ten other people were injured in the accident, which happened in Al-Ihsaa province at 3:00 am (7 a.m. Jakarta time).

Another 12 passengers escaped uninjured. --AFP

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