Mom, 4 kids killed in car crash with camel

A Saudi woman and her four little sons were killed after their car rammed into a camel on a motorway in the Gulf kingdom, newspapers reported on Thursday.

The four-wheel vehicle was on the motorway near the Western town of Makkah late night when the driver was caught off guard by a camel crossing the road.

The car rammed into the camel, crippling it and causing the death of a woman and her four little children. The father and four other family members were injured and rushed to hospital, the papers said.

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