By Kuch Naren
The Cambodia Daily
One hundred Buddhist monks will gather in Phnom Penh's Hun Sen Park on Sunday morning to commemorate the hundreds of people killed and maimed on the nation's roads this year, officials at the Cambodian Red Cross said. The religious ceremony is the first of its kind for victims of the country's skyrocketing number of road traffic accidents, said Mean Chanyada, CRC's human resource department director. "Traffic accidents are increasing every day, especially in Phnom Penh," he said. In the first 10 months of 2006, 166 people have died on the streets of the capital and a further 607 were seriously injured, deputy municipal traffic police chief Chev Hak said. The figures are greater than the number of dead and injured during the entire year of 2005, he said. "Road accidents mostly happen at night, rather than the day time, because drivers are frequently drunk," he added. Sunday's ceremony is expected to attract around 500 participants and is being organized with the assistance of Handicap International, the transport ministry and the municipality.
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