As many as 45 Indian pilgrims were killed after their bus collided with an oil tanker while travelling from Saudi Arabia 's Mecca to Medina in the wee hours of the morning (local time) on Monday, 17 November.

The accident took place at around 1:30 am near Al Mufrihat, which is 25 km from Medina. The bus was carrying only Indian nationals—46 in total, of which 45 were killed in the accident, including 13 men, 22 women, and 10 children. The lone survivor, Md Abdul Shoiab, is currently undergoing treatment at a local hospital.

While 44 of those killed were from Telangana, one was a resident of Karnataka's Hubballi, the Telangana government's Public Relations Officer CH Chakravarthy told The Quint .

"The pilgrims had made travel plans from 9-23 November. The bus they were travelling in

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