Six workers burnt alive in Oman road crash

Muscat: Six Indian expatriates were burnt alive in a head-on collision on Sunday evening near Mamur town, north-west of Muscat.

"Six Indians were killed and two Omanis seriously injured in the accident," confirmed a policeman from Bahla Police Station, the nearest major police station to the accident site.

"Two pickup trucks collided and one carrying six workers caught fire at around 4pm," P.M. Jabir, Welfare Secretary with Indian Social Club, told Gulf News.

Four of the six died on the spot while two succumbed to their burns in a hospital. Bodies of the four were kept at the Bahla hospital while two were taken to the Nizwa hospital.

"All the deceased worked for a construction company and were travelling in a twin-cabin pickup to go to their work site," he said.

The victims were 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. The Omani firm that employed these Indians has initiated procedures to repatriate the bodies.