RIYADH, March 5: The Imam of Ka’aba, Sheikh Omar Bin Abdullah Al-Sebail, is in coma since meeting an accident last Friday. Shaikh Omar is one of the imams and khateebs of the Holy Haram and is in his early 50s. The car he was travelling overturned due to tire burst, causing severe injuries to Sheikh Al-Sebail and members of his family. He is admitted in the Armed Forces Hospital in Hada, Saudi Arabia, near Taif.

Other seven members of his family travelling along with him also sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment at the hospital. The condition of the injured family members was satisfactory.

Sheikh Al-Sebail was travelling from Qasim, north of Riyadh to Taif, when the accident occurred near Al-Kharma bridge.