Pilgrimage nightmare

Four Britons on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have been killed in a bus crash, a British travel company said Sunday.

They were among 18 people traveling from Mecca to Medina on Saturday, when their coach collided with a gasoline tanker truck, Hashim Travel said.

Several people were injured in the collision near the town of Al Khalas in west Saudi Arabia, it said.

The British Foreign Office called the crash a “serious road traffic accident,” and said it is working to assist families of the victims.