Three killed in highway accident

ABQAIQ: Three members of a Saudi family were killed when a car overturned following a tire burst on the Abqaiq-Dammam road on Friday. The wife, daughter and son of a Saudi Aramco employee died at the scene while another daughter and the father were taken to different hospitals. In another accident in Baha, an Indian worker was killed and two others suffered multiple fractures when a speeding car ran over them on Friday. The car lost control when the driver attempted to avoid a collision with a truck and careened to the nearby field where the victims were working, Al-Riyadh Arabic daily reported yesterday.