Four members of Jordanian family killed in Saudi Arabia

AMMAN — Four Jordanians from the same family died on Tuesday in a traffic accident in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted the ministry’s spokesperson, Sabah Al Rafie, as saying that the ministry’s operations room had received a phone call from a citizen saying that a Jordanian man, his wife and two children were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia.

Two other children were injured, with one reported in critical condition, while the other was listed in fair condition. The Jordanian consulate in Jeddah confirmed the news, Rafie said, and it will continue to follow up on the incident to arrange for moving the injured to Jordan.