wrenching sight as Jame' Al-Da'awi, who lost seven of his family members in a traffic accident on the Makkah-Leith highway on Tuesday, tried to fight back tears and get a grip on himself while speaking to reporters at his home at Prince Sultan Charity Housing Project at the village of Malkan “The bodies of my son and two of my daughters were charred beyond recognition. I also lost another daughter but her body was found intact as the impact of the crash caused her to be thrown out of the car”, he said. Tears of immense grief mixed with those of joy as he discovered that two other sons were spared the same fate. My son Mashhour accompanied his brothers and sisters to Makkah in the morning but could not return with them as he had classes in the afternoon. My other son Surur did not go to school on that day. I am never happy when he cuts school but I was grateful that he did on that day, said Al-Da'awi. According to Al-Da'awi, the bodies of his children and those of his sister and niece were huddled together. The only survivor of the accident, his daughter Zahra, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday. – Okaz __
