Overview
- Spanish and Saudi authorities confirmed the deaths of a man and a woman and the hospitalization of two companions.
- The injured are a 67-year-old man in serious condition and a 53-year-old woman with minor injuries, according to published reports.
- The four were traveling together as two couples on a tourist trip about 1,000 kilometers from Riyadh when the accident occurred.
- Spain’s embassy is providing consular support, with the consul general visiting the survivors at hospitals in Medina and Al-Ula, El Periódico reported.
- Regional and local officials offered condolences, the mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat identified one victim as lawyer Jordi Albiol, and repatriation procedures are in progress.