Three Bangladeshis among nine expatriate workers were killed and six were injured when the van they were travelling in overturned on a mountainous road in Al-Baha province in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening, reports the Saudi Gazette.

The workers, belonging to a catering company that supplies food to patients in Baljurashi hospital, were going to Qunfuda corniche to spend their day-off when the accident occurred.

Apparently due to time constraint, they opted to take the mountainous route.

The Bangladeshis are Malam Mia, Alam Shah Mia, and Saif ul Islam Abu Basheer.

Among the other deceased there are four Egyptians, two Indians, according to sources.

Saudi Red Crescent Authority along with the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense emergency teams rushed to the site of the accident and shifted the injured to Prince Mishari hospital in Baljurashi.

Later, two critical cases — an Indian and a Bangladeshi — were shifted to King Fahad hospital in Al-Baha.