LONDON: A Saudi national and his four-year-old child were killed on Wednesday after a train collided into their car in western Austria, the Okaz newspaper reported on Friday.
The family’s vehicle got stuck on the rail tracks while attempting to cross, and the husband managed to get his wife and two children out of the car. But when he returned to retrieve the four-year-old from the child seat the train collided with the vehicle, killing them both.
Details of the accident were revealed by a relative of the deceased, Mohammed Al-Sharif, via his Twitter account.
The 35-year-old citizen was on vacation with his family, and the accident occurred at the so-called “Eiger Crossing” in the city of St. Johann in Tyrol, Okaz said, citing media reports.
The train was heading from Kitzbuhel to St. Johann, and was unable to stop in time, it added.
Austrian police announced the death of the child on Thursday, while the father was taken to a hospital in St. Johann, but attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful due to the seriousness of his injuries.
The 34-year-old mother and the two other children, 7 and 11-years-old, survived the accident unharmed.
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Saudi father and child killed after saving his family in train collision in Austria
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Saudi father and child killed after saving his family in train collision in Austria
- The family’s vehicle got stuck on the rail tracks while attempting to cross
- The 34-year-old mother and two other children, 7 and 11-years-old, survived the accident unharmed
Saudi outdoor skiing and hiking destination Trojena covered in snow
- The resort, located on Jebel Al-Lawz in Tabuk Province, reaches an elevation of up to 2,600 meters
- National Center for Meteorology forecasts snow in northern parts of Riyadh region and Al-Qassim Province on Thursday
RIYADH: Snow blanketed parts of northern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, as cold weather and heavy rain affected several cities and other parts of the Kingdom.
Trojena, a mountain destination for hiking and skiing that is located on Jebel Al-Lawz in Tabuk Province and reaches an elevation of up to 2,600 meters, was covered in snow and experienced some light rainfall.
Light-to-moderate rain also fell in Bir Bin Hermas, Al-Ayinah, Ammar, and Shaqra and its suburbs, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The National Center for Meteorology said there was a chance of more snow on Thursday in northern parts of Riyadh region and Al-Qassim Province, following the snowfall in Tabuk and Hail regions on Wednesday.
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