(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) At least nine Omani pilgrims were killed during their return trip from Umrah when the bus in which they were travelling rammed into a parked truck in the Al Kharis area between Riyadh and Al Ahsa.
According to reports the accident happened on early Thursday morning.
According to a statement from ROP nine passengers (all Omanis) were killed and many others suffered serious injuries.
The Omani Embassy in Saudi Arabia is providing all help to the victims.
The injured have been taken to hospitals in Al Ahsa while two of the injured were transferred to Riyadh by air ambulance.
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