Body found inside impounded car

Car was towed before police checked to see if all bodies were cleared; probe has been ordered

Probe ordered after police failed to check if all victims were removed from the vehicle after crash |

Saudi Arabia’s interior minister has ordered an investigation into how the body of a woman who was killed in a traffic accident was left inside the impounded car for five hours before it was discovered.

Zahia Bint Jaber Aseeri, a 48-year-old teacher and mother of seven, was riding with her son Hassan Aseeri when their car collided with another vehicle on the Abha-Mahayel highway in southwest Saudi Arabia.

Paramedics were able to rescue Hassan who was driving the car and and two people in the other vehicle.

Police who arrived on the scene to investigate then ordered the car towed without checking the car, Saudi daily Okaz reported yesterday.

“Five hours later At the junk yard, they found my wife’s body inside the car,” Ebrahim Shar, the husband of the deceased woman and Hassan’s stepfather, said.

It was only learnt that her body was still in the car after Hassan’s brother inquired about his mother at the hospital.

Zahia was buried on Saturday afternoon. The husband said that he pardoned whoever was behind his wife’s death.

The interior ministry opened up a probe into the incident and promised accountability.