Lt. Col. Saeed Sarhan, spokesman of Civil Defense in the Makkah province, said the accident took place in Houra village, about 80 km from Thoul, and involved a van carrying four teachers and a pick-up carrying two students.

Apart from rescue and fire-fighting teams, the Civil Defense sent a helicopter to transport the teachers after assessing their injuries.

In another development, the Civil Defense in Jeddah on Wednesday received information about an electric short-circuit at a girls school, Sarhan said. The department then sent three fire-fighting and rescue teams to the site, he added. Nobody was injured in the incident.