Bangladesh News

Three Bangladeshi lecturers of King Khaled University were killed and two others injured in a tragic road accident at Doadmi, 328-km northwest of Riyadh last Friday.

A relative of one of the victims told UNB that lecturers Sakil Ahmed Sohel, 27, Dr Akhtaruzzaman Afroz, 24, and his wife Sarzia Sajib, 25, died in the mishap.

The injured were identified as Moidul and his wife.

All were returning to Jeddah by a car after performing umrah at Makkah on Friday night. As they reached Doadmi at about 9:30pm, they were caught in a sandstorm, said Nasibur Rahman, uncle of the deceased Sohel.

“As they tried to park their car on roadside, a speeding lorry hit their car, leaving the three dead on the spot,” Nasibur said.