The story of a pregnant Kuwaiti woman and mother of five who lost her life in a tragic car accident earlier this week, left hundreds in shock on Twitter.
According to Al Mwatin news site, the crash, which took place in Bayan city, left the woman's five children injured and put her unborn child's life in grave danger.
After the victim's body was transferred to a local hospital, doctors delivered the child through a cesarean section, miraculously saving his life.
News of the mother's untimely death saddened people online after he story went viral on Kuwaiti Twitter.
The news left people incredibly upset
"Such a horrific accident"
"May God have mercy on her soul and protect her children... I don't know how they're going to go on living without her."
To say tweeps were left heartbroken would be an understatement
"She left six children behind."
Many were just lost for words
"May God give her family patience"
"Mothers don't pass away, they become stars in the sky"
Tweeps called on authorities to take action amid rise in car accidents
"Ministry of Interior, you should work on setting up cameras on every highway and street. Traffic incidents are on the rise."
In Kuwait, thousands die in road accidents every year
Car accidents are a major cause of death in the Gulf state, with a crash recorded every 10 minutes.
In a statement he made last year, Bader Al Matar, head of the country's Traffic Safety Society, raised concerns over the issue, saying:
“We are facing a dramatic increase in human, social and economic losses as a result of the hike in the number of accidents in the country. We have six accidents every hour on average and the figures for June are tragic."
Between 2012 and the first half of 2017, Kuwait recorded a total of 917,447 accidents, many of them attributed to factors including; crossing red lights, excessive speeding, and the use of mobile phones while driving.
Even though the country previously implemented several action plans aimed at curbing the number of car accidents in Kuwait, they seem to have failed in bringing down the number of deaths on the road.