2 dead in Saudi pile-up
Riyadh: Seventeen vehicles collided on a road near the Saudi capital Riyadh due to bad weather, leaving two people dead, local media reported.
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The mishap occurred on the road linking Riyadh and the western city of Taif, the news portal Sabq said. The area was hit by electricity outage and a cut in mobile phone service at the time, Sabq added.
The collision was due to poor visibility caused by dust-laden winds, according to the report. An unspecified number of people were also injured in the accident that prompted medical and civil defence teams to rush to the site.
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A video posted online shows several trucks and cars ploughing into each other on the scene.
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Road crashes resulted in 10,961 deaths in Saudi Arabia in 2017, according to official figures.
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The tragedies were mainly blamed on reckless driving.
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Traffic accidents in the kingdom have dropped by 33 per cent in recent years, a report by the governmental Traffic Safety Committee said. The decline is attributed to stricter enforcement of road regulations and expanded use of relevant advanced technology.
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