At least 35 foreigners were killed and four others injured when a bus crashed with another heavy vehicle in the Muslim holy city of Medina, Saudi state media said on Thursday.
The accident involved a collision between “a private chartered bus… with a heavy vehicle (loader)” in the western Saudi Arabian city, according to a spokesman for Medina police.
Those on the bus were expats in the Kingdom and of Asian and Arab nationalities, local media reported.
The injured have been transferred to Al-Hamna Hospital, it added, and authorities have launched an investigation.
As part of efforts to diversify its oil-dependent economy, the ultra-conservative kingdom wants to foster a year-round religious tourism sector that includes millions of pilgrims.
