Sylhet youth killed in accident while learning to drive in Saudi Arabia

A young man from Sylhet has died in a road accident while learning to drive in Saudi Arabia. Tarek Ahmed (25) died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jeddah on Friday afternoon local time.

The deceased was identified as Tarek Ahmed, son of Faiz Ahmed of Muktapur village in Barachatul union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet.

Quoting his family, former chairman of Barachatul Union Parishad, Maulana Abul Hossain Chatuli, said that Tarek met with an accident while learning to drive in Jeddah city around 7 pm local time on Thursday. He was admitted to a hospital in Jeddah with serious injuries and was being treated in the ICU.

He died on Friday afternoon while undergoing treatment.

Family members are trying to complete the necessary procedures to bring his body home.