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Oil tanker crashes into minibus, killing 5 in Cambodia

Xinhua, January 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Five Cambodian Muslims were killed outright and nine others injured in a collision between an oil tanker and a minibus on Friday morning in western Cambodia's Pursat province, a local police chief said.

The fatal crash took place at 6:00 a.m. local time on national road No. 5 in Krokor district when the two vehicles were driving in an opposite direction and hit head-on, said Em Run, police chief of Krokor district.

"Two men, two boys and one girl were killed on the spot and nine others were badly injured in the crash," he told Xinhua via telephone, adding that all the victims were on board of the minibus.

The oil tanker was blamed for the accident, as its driver escaped the scene soon after the tragic crash, the official added.

Road accidents are a leading cause of death in the Southeast Asian country, killing an average of six people per day. According to a government report, road crashes killed 2,265 people last year, up 5 percent year-on-year. Enditem