Dubai: Six Indians were burnt alive in a horrific head-on collision between two trucks at a town in the Omani capital of Muscat.
The six workers from Kerala were killed on Sunday when two pickup trucks collided and caught fire near Mamur town in the north-west of Muscat, local media quoted a policeman as saying.
Two Omanis seriously injured in the accident.
Four of the six died on the spot, while two succumbed to their burns in a hospital, Welfare Secretary with the Indian Social Club PM Jabir told Gulf News.
The victims have been identified as Anil Kumar Sadanandan (35), Vishnu Bhargavan Villappil (42), Prasad Balakrishna Pillai (34), Sajukumar Unnikrishnan Pillai (29), Johanson Anil (43) and Das, whose full name and age were not available.
He said that bodies of the four were kept at the Bahla hospital while two were taken to the Nizwa hospital in Oman.
"All the deceased worked for a construction company and were travelling in a twin-cabin pick up to go to their work site," he said.
The Omani company that employed these workers has initiated procedures to repatriate the bodies.
"We will provide whatever help the company may need in completing formalities," the ISC Welfare Secretary told the newspaper.
The six workers from Kerala were killed on Sunday when two pickup trucks collided and caught fire near Mamur town in the north-west of Muscat, local media quoted a policeman as saying.
Two Omanis seriously injured in the accident.
The victims have been identified as Anil Kumar Sadanandan (35), Vishnu Bhargavan Villappil (42), Prasad Balakrishna Pillai (34), Sajukumar Unnikrishnan Pillai (29), Johanson Anil (43) and Das, whose full name and age were not available.
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"All the deceased worked for a construction company and were travelling in a twin-cabin pick up to go to their work site," he said.
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"We will provide whatever help the company may need in completing formalities," the ISC Welfare Secretary told the newspaper.
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