Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania on Sunday visited four hospitals in Amman and Irbid to check on the condition of 16 people injured in a recent road accident.

The accident, in which a passenger bus and a water tanker collided and plunged into a deep valley on the Amman-Jerash highway, claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 33 others.

Those who remain at hospital are receiving medical care at the King Abdullah I Hospital in Irbid and the King Hussein Medical Centre, Queen Alia Hospital and Israa Hospital in Amman, in addition to the Jerash Hospital.

In Irbid, Their Majesties extended condolences to Yassar Khasawneh, who lost three of his children in the accident. They also checked on the condition of his two other children: a daughter whose spinal cord is broken, and a son who has broken limbs and lung damage and whose spleen was removed by doctors.

The King and Queen wished all the injured a speedy recovery.