DAMMAM: An engine driver and his assistant were injured when the engine and three compartments of a passenger train carrying 186 passengers were derailed in the desert 77 km from Riyadh on Tuesday, according to a statement of the Saudi Railway Organization (SRO) in Dammam.
“The No. 6 Riyadh-Dammam train carrying 186 passengers in addition to 14 crew members steamed out of Riyadh station at 12.50 p.m. None of the passengers was injured,” a statement said on Tuesday.
The statement which did not specify the cause of the accident, said the movement of trains was almost stopped until the time when the statement was issued. The injured driver and the assistant driver were taken to hospital in Riyadh. The accident is being investigated by railway police.
President of SRO Abdul Aziz Al-Hoqail, said the passengers would be taken care of while two trains, one from Riyadh and another from Ahsa, were sent to the site of the accident to take passengers to their destinations.
