Social networking sites were buzzing with talk regarding the accident of a “concrete block” falling on a car on King Abdullah Road in Riyadh, while a witness revealed the repercussions of the accident on the Saudi family.
Twitter users circulated a video clip showing the effects of the accident, which caused damage to the Saudi family’s car, in what was known as the “Riyadh Train” incident.
Riyadh train bridge accident
A concrete rock fell from the Riyadh train bridge on a car with an entire family inside.
In the event that our lives are threatened with death at any time.#We are all_Mohammed_Bin_Salman #tweet_ajmal_girls #when will you get married pic.twitter.com/7Wu2DkVWT4— Noor (@Noor07064463) June 1, 2022
A Saudi activist accused the company responsible for the Riyadh train of causing the accident, while another activist called to file a lawsuit once morest the responsible company.
Chinese company who caught the Riyadh train?
– Firas Al-Ghamdi MBS ???????? (@f_alghamdi999) June 1, 2022
I hope to file a compensation case once morest the Riyadh train for the material and moral damage caused to your sister and her family https://t.co/2W6KZeLHD9
— Ff@ (@Ff68353573) June 1, 2022
Through his account on Twitter, the Saudi writer, Abdul Wahab Al-Qahtani, called on the Riyadh train administration to issue a statement explaining the reasons for “this sudden fall of this piece, which almost caused a major disaster, and how to avoid not repeating it.”
A statement is supposed to be issued by the management #Riyadh_train Explains the reasons for this sudden fall of this piece, which almost caused a major disaster, and how to avoid not repeating it..!?@RiyadhTransport
– Abdulwahab Al-Qahtani (@wahab_algahtani) June 1, 2022
For her part, “Turkiah Al-Asmari”, the first witness to the incident, recounted the details of the incident, saying: “My sister and her family were on their way on Tuesday evening to the east, before the intersection of King Abdullah Road with the Eastern Ring Road, when a concrete block ran over them, causing physical, psychological and material damage.”
@RiyadhTransport @amanatalriyadh @AlArabiya Last night, a piece of cement fell from the suspension train bridge over King Abdullah Road to penetrate my sister’s family’s car and cause severe injuries to her, her worker and her only son, and she escaped from a certain death. Who is responsible for that tragedy? pic.twitter.com/uAafhL5Qsr
– Turkish Asmari (@tsts8080) June 1, 2022
In a statement to the newspaper,alreadyShe said, “Moments before the accident, the two-year-old child was in the back seat with the domestic worker. Unconsciously, the mother asked her to give it to him. As soon as the mother embraced her child and held him tightly, a piece of cement fell in a horrific way.”
And she added: “The mass caused panic, fear and confusion, and turned silence into horror, and broke the windshield in the middle, and hit the mother and child, and went backward between the two seats and hit the Filipino worker. Immediately, the father took control of the vehicle and stopped it, avoiding the danger of vehicles, and almost crashed into it, had it not been for God’s kindness.”
And she continued: “Blood began to flow and screaming rose, and the father went down to the help of passers-by, and no one stopped at him, thinking that his car had broken down and he wanted to organize traffic, and in the meantime, my sister called me because our house is near the scene of the accident, and my brother and I came quickly, and this coincided with the arrival of the ambulance We started to rescue the injured.”
And she continued, “The scene was terrifying, the screaming was continuous, and blood was bleeding. My sister suffered separate injuries in her body, and the child suffered from bruises on the head, face and hands, while the maid sustained a strong injury in the knee area, as well as the hands and feet, and the father was not hurt.”
In addition to the physical injuries, Al-Asmari revealed that the accident caused psychological shock and panic for her sister, while the child continued to cry since the accident.
What happened in the Riyadh train accident following the fall
A piece of cement on the family carReminds me of the famous proverb that says,
Live
This and the train did not run
and start tomorrow
After running the train???? pic.twitter.com/Lgvaf1eiXQ– Mujhar Alaklabi (@alaklabi111) June 2, 2022
Some Saudi activists circulated Al-Asmari’s testimony, while one of them asks what might happen following the train is run?
The King Abdulaziz Transport Project in Riyadh, “Riyadh Train”, did not issue a comment on the incident.
