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People look at the wreckage of an accident after a passenger bus and a truck carrying corn collided in Peamro district in Prey Veng province early yesterday morning.
Tourists hurt in bus smash
Monday, 01 August 2011
Mom Kunthear
Phnom Penh Post
Seven foreign nationals were seriously injured when a night bus and a truck crashed in Prey Veng province early yesterday morning.
The Kampuchea Angkor Express bus, carrying 34 passengers, was travelling from Siem Reap to Vietnam when it crashed in Peamro district at about 4:10am.
District police chief Seng Ponlok said the double-decker bus hit a truck carrying bags of corn parked beside the road – causing serious injuries to three Spanish nationals and four South Koreans.
Another 27 passengers sustained light injuries. Five of the seriously injured passengers were women.
“We have to investigate this accident to see why it happened like this, but the unofficial conclusion is that we think that it was caused by the driver being sleepy,” said Seng Ponlok.
“He could not control himself anymore – that’s why he moved the bus to hit the lorry.”
Provincial police officials helped send the injured to referral hospitals and an undisclosed hospital in Phnom Penh, he said.
Both vehicles have been taken to Peamro district police station to aid an investigation.
“We will investigate this accident by cooperating with the bus company and we will also cooperate with them to look for the driver, who escaped after accident,” said Seng Ponlok.
Kampuchea Angkor Express officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The collision is the latest in a series of bus accidents to take place in the Kingdom.
In May, 35 people were injured when a night bus travelling from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap crashed into a rice truck. Two died when an Angkor Express bus transiting from Laos to Phnom Penh struck a motorbike carrying two men in Stung Treng town in early June.
A Paramount bus allso exploded in Kampong Thom province a week prior to that incident.
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Monsters and critics
Aug 1, 2011,
Phnom Penh (DPA) - Seven foreign tourists suffered serious injuries after a bus crashed into a truck in Cambodia, a report said Monday.
Four South Koreans and three Spaniards were injured when the bus carrying 34 passengers collided with a parked truck while en route to Vietnam from the Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap.
A police official said the driver fled the scene.
Government figures show 1,076 people died on the roads in the first six months of the year, up 14 per cent from 2010.
Tourism is a key pillar of the economy and has shown signs of growth after the post-2008 slump. The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported Monday that tourist arrivals increased 13 per cent to nearly 1.4 million in the first six months of 2011, with growth driven by visitors from China, South Korea and Vietnam.
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Irishman injured in Cambodian crash
The Irish Times
An Irishman is in hospital in Cambodia following a bus crash. Michael O’Riordan (29) from Cork is in a critical condition after the bus in which he was travelling close to the Vietnamese border was involved in a crash yesterday morning.
It is understood there were some fatalities, but numbers had yet to be confirmed last night.
Mr O’Riordan, who lives in Dublin, had been on holiday in Cambodia. He was being treated in hospital in Phnom Penh after sustaining pelvic and internal injuries.
The Irish embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, is providing assistance to Mr O’Riordan’s family.
Tourists hurt in bus smash
Monday, 01 August 2011
Mom Kunthear
Phnom Penh Post
Seven foreign nationals were seriously injured when a night bus and a truck crashed in Prey Veng province early yesterday morning.
The Kampuchea Angkor Express bus, carrying 34 passengers, was travelling from Siem Reap to Vietnam when it crashed in Peamro district at about 4:10am.
District police chief Seng Ponlok said the double-decker bus hit a truck carrying bags of corn parked beside the road – causing serious injuries to three Spanish nationals and four South Koreans.
Another 27 passengers sustained light injuries. Five of the seriously injured passengers were women.
“We have to investigate this accident to see why it happened like this, but the unofficial conclusion is that we think that it was caused by the driver being sleepy,” said Seng Ponlok.
“He could not control himself anymore – that’s why he moved the bus to hit the lorry.”
Provincial police officials helped send the injured to referral hospitals and an undisclosed hospital in Phnom Penh, he said.
Both vehicles have been taken to Peamro district police station to aid an investigation.
“We will investigate this accident by cooperating with the bus company and we will also cooperate with them to look for the driver, who escaped after accident,” said Seng Ponlok.
Kampuchea Angkor Express officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The collision is the latest in a series of bus accidents to take place in the Kingdom.
In May, 35 people were injured when a night bus travelling from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap crashed into a rice truck. Two died when an Angkor Express bus transiting from Laos to Phnom Penh struck a motorbike carrying two men in Stung Treng town in early June.
A Paramount bus allso exploded in Kampong Thom province a week prior to that incident.
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Monsters and critics
Aug 1, 2011,
Phnom Penh (DPA) - Seven foreign tourists suffered serious injuries after a bus crashed into a truck in Cambodia, a report said Monday.
Four South Koreans and three Spaniards were injured when the bus carrying 34 passengers collided with a parked truck while en route to Vietnam from the Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap.
A police official said the driver fled the scene.
Government figures show 1,076 people died on the roads in the first six months of the year, up 14 per cent from 2010.
Tourism is a key pillar of the economy and has shown signs of growth after the post-2008 slump. The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported Monday that tourist arrivals increased 13 per cent to nearly 1.4 million in the first six months of 2011, with growth driven by visitors from China, South Korea and Vietnam.
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Irishman injured in Cambodian crash
The Irish Times
An Irishman is in hospital in Cambodia following a bus crash. Michael O’Riordan (29) from Cork is in a critical condition after the bus in which he was travelling close to the Vietnamese border was involved in a crash yesterday morning.
It is understood there were some fatalities, but numbers had yet to be confirmed last night.
Mr O’Riordan, who lives in Dublin, had been on holiday in Cambodia. He was being treated in hospital in Phnom Penh after sustaining pelvic and internal injuries.
The Irish embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, is providing assistance to Mr O’Riordan’s family.
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