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Dump truck crashes into Cambodian Prince Ranariddh's convoy, injuring 6: spokesman

Xinhua, April 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

A dump truck loading soil crashed into a convoy of Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of royalist Funcinpec Party, on Saturday afternoon, leaving his wife and five bodyguards injured, a spokesman confirmed.

The accident took place in Kampong Cham province, about 124 kilometers northeast of capital Phnom Penh when the dump truck, driving in an opposition direction, swerved out of its lane and crashed into the prince's BMW car and one of his bodyguards' pickup trucks, said Funcinpec Party spokesman Nhep Bun Chin.

"The prince and his wife, Ouk Phalla, were in the car when the accident happened, but the prince did not get injured as his wife sustained a head injury and were sent to Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh for medical checkup and treatment," he told Xinhua over telephone.

He said after crashing the prince's car, the dump truck continued to hit a bodyguards' pickup truck, totally injuring 5 others.

The spokesman said the accident happened when the prince's convoy returned from the province to Phnom Penh after he visited to constituents. Endi