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1st LD: 3 Chinese nationals injured in road crash in SW Cambodia

Xinhua, August 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three Chinese nationals were injured in a collision between their rented minibus and a cargo truck in southwestern Cambodia's Kampot province on Thursday, a local police officer said.

The crash took place at 2:10 p.m. local time (0710 GMT) on national road No. 3 in Tuek Chhou district when the two vehicles from an opposite direction hit head-on, said Veth Chan, assistant to deputy police chief of Tuek Chhou district Chea Pheara.

"Three Chinese in the minibus got injured. Two of them, a man and a woman, were in serious condition," he told Xinhua, adding that the victims had been rushed to a local hospital for treatment.

According to Veth Chan, besides the Chinese victims, one Cambodian woman was killed and six other Cambodians got injured in the crash.

Chea Pheara, deputy police chief of Tuek Chhou district, said the minibus was travelling from Phnom Penh to coastal Kampot province when the crash happened.

He said the cargo truck was blamed for the traffic accident, as its driver escaped the scene soon after the crash.

Road accidents are a leading cause of death in this 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. Endit