Horror Saudi Arabia bus crash leaves 35 dead.

MADINAH -- Thirty-five people have been killed and four injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Saudi province of Madinah, a police spokesman said. The "private chartered bus", carrying 39 pilgrims from Asian and Arab countries, collided with a "heavy vehicle" in the town of al Akhal on Wednesday, the spokesman was quoted by official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying. The agency said the crash happened around 7pm (16:00 GMT) on the road linking Mecca to the city of Madinah. The injured have been transferred to Al-Hamna Hospital, SPA added, and authorities have launched an investigation.

The accident comes after four British pilgrims were killed and 12 others injured in Saudi Arabia when their bus collided with a fuel tanker in April 2018. In January 2017, six Britons, including a two month-old...