While five passengers needed only first aid, 27 pilgrims were taken to Al-Khulais hospital, Al-Watan daily reported on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, an Asian laborer was run over by a speeding car and killed instantly while crossing a road in the Hawiyyah district in Taif.

The man was going to the bank just across the road to send money to his family.

Several expatriates have been run over in the accident-prone spot in the past because many people staying in the area run across the road to reach the bank on the otherside.

Also on Tuesday, 13 people, including a Saudi woman, suffered varying degrees of injuries in a six-car pile-up on the Al-Seyana overpass in Taif.