A Red Crescent team attends to victims at the accident.

Four people died recently while three others from the same family were injured due to a car collision on the road to Thumamah in the Saudi capital.

“It makes the heart sink that four people died and three others were injured due to carelessness in driving,” said Abdullah Al-Miraibidh, Red Crescent official spokesman in Riyadh.

He said that of the three injured, one was in critical condition and that they were brought to the hospital after receiving emergency medical treatment.

He said that Red Crescent received a call asking for help and immediately sent four emergency medical teams to the scene.

He neither gave further details or mention the ages of those who died and injured but statistics indicate that 65 percent of young people’s death due to car accidents do not exceed the age of 30 years.

He urged motorists to be always careful so that they could arrive at their destination safely, citing tragic consequences of carelessness in driving.

Last month, eleven Asians were also killed and 14 injured in Al-Adaliah, 70 km from Al-Hofuf in Al-Ahsa Governorate.

The incident, one of the worst this year, was a result of a minibus colliding with a truck. The Red Crescent sent five emergency teams to the scene of accident.

Aside from death and injuries, carelessness in driving could also result in traffic dispute. Statistics indicate that 24 traffic cases are received by the local courts daily.

The Ministry of Justice said Saudi courts received 1,690 cases arising from traffic conflicts during the last 70 days, or approximately 24 cases a day.

Makkah courts received the most number of complaints at 571, followed by Eastern Region (275), and Madinah (141). Courts in Riyadh received 119.

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