After a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims from Telangana collided with a fuel tanker near Medina in Saudi Arabia, dozens of shocked families in Hyderabad were left scrambling for information since the early hours of Monday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said 45 people died in the incident. According to officials, there were at least 10 minors on the bus.

Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said the accident took place nearly 40 km from Medina, at around 11 pm on Sunday, local time. The bus was stopped on the side of the road when the oil tanker collided with it, resulting in an explosion, the sources said, adding that Saudi authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident. They also said that as soon as the Indian con

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