Passenger bus on Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh route crashed, 21 people died
The death toll could rise as some people are in critical condition.
At least 21 garment workers were killed, mostly women, and five others were seriously injured in a serious traffic accident this morning in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province, near the Vietnamese border.
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Svay Rieng provincial police said the accident occurred when a passenger bus on the route from Ho Chi Minh City to the capital Phnom Penh crashed into a truck carrying Cambodian garment workers while heading to the Manhattan Special Economic Zone in Kompong Ro district, Svay Rieng province.
According to the Svay Rieng provincial government, this is the most serious accident to have occurred in the province. The death toll may rise as some people are in critical condition. Police have arrested the driver and are investigating the cause of the accident./.
According to VOV