Divine Providence saved a Saudi family from certain death, yesterday evening, Tuesday, following a piece of cement fell from one of the Riyadh train bridges on King Abdullah Road, penetrating the car and causing severe injuries to a woman, her child and her worker.
Turki Al-Asmari, the sister of the affected, said: News 24 “The accident occurred at 8:20 pm under the tunnel opposite the cabin hall, where the cement block fell on her sister and husband’s car, while they were on the highway, which led to the car stopping immediately, indicating that the accident caused their detention for some time until her sister’s husband was able to From going out and asking for help.
Al-Asmari indicated that the Red Crescent teams began the incident, and her sister and son were transferred to a government hospital, and their ambulance was delayed for regarding 12 hours, on the pretext that there was crowding and that their condition was not critical, despite the presence of a very deep cut in her sister’s hand, while the child was transferred at our expense to a private hospital.
She indicated that the worker was sitting in the back seat, and she suffered multiple fractures and was taken to the hospital to receive the necessary treatment, due to the concrete block falling directly on her.
Social media pioneers interacted with the incident, calling for those responsible to be held accountable and to examine all parts of the bridge, in order to avoid further damage to pedestrians.