Bus of Vietnamese tourists upturned in Cambodia, one died

Mr. Vu Van Vu and his daughter at the Cho Ray Hospital.

Another victim.

10/07/2012

VietNamNet Bridge – A bus with nearly 50 Vietnamese tourists was overturned on its way from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh of Cambodia on July 7, causing one death and nine injuries.

At 11pm of July 8, these victims were transported to HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital. Of the nine injured people, four are in the family of Mr. Vu Van Vu, 52, from Phu Nhuan district, HCM City.

Vu and his wife were slightly wounded on their heads, but his two children of 7 and 15 years old are still in hospital.

Vu said his family bought a 4-day tour of the Happy Travel Company to Cambodia. The tour began in the morning of July 5. His family joined other tourists of different travel firms in a 50-seat bus to cross the Moc Bai border-gate in Tay Ninh province to Cambodia.

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Road Accidents Claim 48 Lives Over New Year

Overall, the number of traffic incidents fell from last year’s festival, which saw 58 dead and 490 injured. (Photo: Hang Savyouth, RFA)

Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

"About half the 156 accidents that took place during the long weekend were caused by speeding and about 13 percent by drunk driving."

At least 48 people died and 350 were injured in road accidents nationwide over the New Year, officials said Tuesday.

About half the 156 accidents that took place during the long weekend were caused by speeding and about 13 percent by drunk driving, said Hay Varun, deputy chief of the department of order at the Ministry of Interior.

Prey Veng province registered the most traffic fatalities, at nine, followed by Battambang with five and Siem Reap with four.

Tragic accident in Phnom Penh: Two fatilities and one injured

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A truck of potatoes overturned on National Route 4 this Saturday afternoon, 31 March 2012

Death toll from bus crash rises

An injured woman rests at Koh Kong provincial hospital on Tuesday following a bus crash that left one dead and 46 injured. A second passenger died yesterday before he could be transported to Thailand. Photo Supplied

Thursday, 01 March 2012
Tep Nimol and Bridget Di Certo with additional reporting by Cheang Sokha and Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

The death toll from Tuesday’s tour bus crash in Koh Kong climbed by one yesterday when an Austrian man died at the provincial hospital, while the man behind the wheel was detained by authorities.

Koh Kong Provincial Hospital director Mat Ly Hsai Song said the 72-year-old Austrian man who had been traveling on the bus from Sihanoukville to Koh Kong was due to be evacuated to Thailand for medical treatment yesterday.

“Before getting in the car to go to Thailand, the Austrian man, who had high-blood pressure, walked into the bathroom, where he fell down dead,” Mat Ly Hsai Song said. “He died instantly from a blood clot and was unable to be saved.”

Truck carrying workers overturned: One death - FTUWKC

One tourist killed, dozens injured in Cambodian bus crash

(Photo: DAP news)

Feb 29, 2012
DPA

Phnom Penh - A Russian tourist died and dozens of foreign nationals were injured after a bus carrying 46 people overturned in southern Cambodia, local media reported Wednesday.

The accident happened late Tuesday after the bus blew a tyre while travelling between the coastal resort town of Sihanoukville and Koh Kong town, which borders Thailand.

Minister of Tourism Thong Khon confirmed a Russian woman had died, but denied media reports that other passengers had been critically injured.

Bus crash in Cambodia kills Russian, injures 40 others

February 28, 2012
Associated Press

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) A bus crash in Cambodia has killed a Russian woman and left dozens of people injured, including 40 other Western tourists.

Ouk Sokha, the traffic police chief of southwestern Koh Kong province, says the accident occurred Tuesday when one of the bus' front tires burst. The bus was carrying the tourists to Koh Kong from the popular beach resort town of Sihanoukville.

Ouk Sokha said some of the injured were in serious condition and all had been taken to a hospital. Six Cambodian passengers were among the injured.

Seven Finns injured in fatal bus crash in Cambodia

Feb 28 2012
YLE, AFP

Seven Finns were injured in a tourist bus accident that also claimed the life of a Russian man in Cambodia on Tuesday. One of the Finns was so badly injured that he was taken to hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.

Of the 48 passengers on board the bus, 40 were foreign tourists, who were heading from Sihanoukville to the Thai border when one of the front tyres blew out and overturned.

All of the passengers were injured, some seriously, and were treated at local hospitals, according to the AFP.

Police said speed was a factor in the accident.

The driver of the bus fled the scene, according to police.

One tourist dies, many hurt in Cambodia crash

28 February 2012
AFP

PHNOM PENH: A Russian woman was killed and dozens of foreign tourists were injured when their bus swerved and flipped onto its side after its front tyre burst in Cambodia on Tuesday, police said.

The vehicle crashed as it took 46 passengers, including 40 foreign tourists, from Cambodia’s popular seaside port of Sihanoukville to the Thai border, according to Ouk Sopha, head of traffic police in western Koh Kong province.

“All passengers were injured, including many Western tourists. A 23-year-old Russian girl died after being admitted to hospital,” he told AFP by telephone.

Injuries in Bus crash in Koh Kong

All Photos: DAP-news

Cambodia bus crash injures Western tourists

28 February 2012
BBC News

Dozens of foreign tourists have been injured and one woman has been killed in a bus crash in Cambodia.

The vehicle flipped on its side as it took 46 passengers, including 40 foreign tourists, from the port of Sihanoukville to the Thai border.

Ouk Sopha, head of traffic police in Koh Kong province, said a 23-year old Russian woman who was on the bus had died after being admitted to hospital.

He told reporters that some of the injured were in a serious condition.

Red Shirts bus accident in Siem Reap

A Cambodian driver of the vehicle that hit the Red Shirts bus was being rescued by emergency personnel (All Photos: Hang Savyout, RFA)

The Toyota Camry and the bus carrying the Red Shirts are mangled along the road.

Red shirts' bus crashes on way home

26/09/2011
Prasit Saengrungruang
Bangkok Post

SIEM REAP : A coach carrying red shirts from Phom Penh yesterday was in collision with a taxi while on its way home from Saturday's Thai-Cambodian football match, killing the cab driver and wounding seven on the bus.

The taxi was sent skidding until it finally flipped upside down.

Seven red-shirt supporters were rushed to a hospital in Siem Reap, while the taxi driver reportedly succumbed to severe wounds.

39 injured in truck smash

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post

Almost 40 garment workers remained in hospital yesterday after a company truck carrying them to their factory in the border town of Bavet in Svay Rieng province flipped over on Sunday morning.

Four of the 39 injured workers sustained severe head injuries, Bavet police chief Keo Kong said. One was sent to a hospital in Vietnam, another rushed to Calmette in Phnom Penh, and two others sent to the provincial hospital, he said.

Kuch Sitha, deputy director of Svay Rieng provincial hospital, said none of the patients had sustained life-threatening injuries.

“Patients who sustained injuries in their chest or stomach when the truck turned over were x-rayed and examined by doctors,” he said.

Filipina loses leg in Cambodia crash

Thursday, August 4th, 2011
By Arlene Paredes
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A short vacation turned into a nightmare for a 30-year-old Filipino tourist who lost her right leg in a bus collision in Cambodia.

Nina Kristine Abad, a senior operations manager of a well-renowned contact center in Makati, was with other foreign tourists on board the Kampuchea Angkor Express, a double-decker bus, when it careened and collided with a truck filled with corn early Monday morning in Prey Veng, Cambodia.

Nina, a travel enthusiast, was in Cambodia to see the Angkor Wat, an item in her bucket list.

60+ workers injured in road accident

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Irishman injured in Cambodian crash

Monday, August 1, 2011
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.

Foreign tourists injured in Cambodia bus crash

Aug 1, 2011
DPA

Phnom Penh - 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.