ABQAIQ — Twenty-three university students had a miraculous escape as the bus they were traveling in collided head on with an incoming truck on the Dammam-Abqaiq expressway. The accident, five km from Abqaiq, occurred on the first day of the opening of schools after the Eid Al-Adha break. Some students sustained minor to moderate injuries, local media reports said. A tire of the incoming truck burst causing the vehicle to swerve into the traffic resulting in the head-on collision. Highway patrols and the Civil Defense personnel rushed to the scene and rescued trapped students from the rubbles.Meanwhile, the driver of a mini bus carrying two women teachers stopped at the scene of the accident, and the vehicle behind collided with it. — SG
