8 Bangladeshis die in KSA, US road crashes

Eight Bangladeshi expatriates were died in road accidents in Saudi Arabia and the US on Saturday.

Five Bangladeshis, including three of a family, died in Saudi Arabia's Umme Zamzam.

Four of the deceased were identified as Bangladeshi expatriate in Saudi Arabia businessman Abdul Aziz, his son Arafat and daughter from Feni, and their car driver Masud from Dinajpur.

The accident happened when Aziz along with his family members was returning to his workplace after performing Umrah Hajj, leaving Aziz, his son, daughter and driver dead on the spot and two others injured, reports private news channel News 24.

Later, another injured died at a hospital, said Mohammed Al-Amin, a Bangladeshi worker in Saudi Arabia.

In another development, three Bangladeshi expatriates were killed and another was critically injured in a car crash in Northern State Parkway near New York city.

The dead are Shamsul Islam, 61, and Ataur R Dulal, 34, of Mymensingh, and Raihan Islam, 28, Bangladesh Consul General in New York Shameem Ahsan said.

He said the injured, Al Amin Mollah, 36, of Bhairab Bazar in Kishoreganj, was admitted to Winthrop Hospital in Long Island, New York, in a critical condition.

Shamsul and Ataur were killed on the spot, while Raihan, who was driving the car, died at the hospital, Shameem said.

He said the New York Police department confirmed them about the accident on Saturday evening, and he would visit the hospital today as the authorities were not in a position to allow visitors due to a case involving the accident.

"I've talked to the victims' relatives. While conveying condolences on behalf of the Consulate General, we offered them possible support, including facilitating expeditious repatriation of the human remains," Shameem said.

Source: unb