September 5, 2015

​Haj pilgrim dies, 25 hurt in bus accident

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Saturday 05 Sep 2015 - 13:08 Makkah mean time-21-11-1436

Madinah (IINA) - An Asian Haj pilgrim was killed and 25 others injured in an accident involving three buses on Hijrah Road early Friday morning, Al-Madinah daily reported. 
Khaled Al-Sahli, spokesman for the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in Madinah, said  the command center received information about the accident at 3.56 a.m. and 14 Red Crescent emergency teams were dispatched to the scene. Al-Sahli said three buses collided and one of them overturned below the flyover at Abyar Ali. The victims were taken to various hospitals in the area, but most of them sustained only minor injuries.
HA/IINA

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