Sok Pisey left the hospital quietly

Singer Sok Pisey

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

A report indicated that the young and pretty singer Sok Pisey who had her injuries taken care of at the Calmette Hospital since 14 April from a traffic accident on National Road No. 4, had left the hospital quietly in the evening of 28 April. She left after a 14-day stay at the hospital. The Koh Santepheap newspaper reported that, in the evening of 28 April, Sok Pisey quietly left the hospital to return home, she was accompanied by her relatives. Doctors installed metal bar in her thigh injury which is not completely healed yet. She will need to return to the hospital one more time for a checkup of her injury. Sok Pisey’s relatives prevented her from meeting with reporters, fearing that the reporters may ask her too much about information that her family does not want her to know about. Nevertheless, it is believed that when she will rest at home, it wouldn’t be long before she will learn about the tragedy befalling on her grandmothers, mother and her niece who died during the accident. She may become quite sad upon learning all these news.

Actress Sok Pisey to be released from hospital in 5 days

Sok Pisey thanking her visitors (Photo: Koh Santepheap)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Sok Pisey – the young singer with a beautiful voice who was involved in an accident on 14 April which broke her thigh, and who is currently being hospitalized at the Calmette Hospital – told her visitors that her injury has improved significantly, and she will be released from the hospital in 5 days. She will leave after the doctor removes her stitches and she will continue her injury care at home. Sok Pisey was involved in a traffic accident on 14 April, during her trip to Sihanoukville with her relatives. The car which she was driving by herself, veered off road and hit guard rail posts along a road curb on National Road No. 4. Her car overturned several times, and the 10 passengers in the car were injured or killed. Among the 4 victims killed were her paternal grandmother, her maternal grandmother, her mother, and her niece. The remaining 6 passengers, including Sok Pisey, were injured, and Sok Pisey is expected to be released from hospital in the next 4 to 5 days. Her visitors are forbidden to talk to her about her dead relatives so as not to discourage her.

Singer Sok Pisey involved in traffic accident

Sok Pisey's Lexus car (L) and a more recent photo of Sok Pisey (R)

Road bent where the accident took place (Photo: Heng, Koh Santepheap)

Friday, April 18, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Singer Sok Pisey was hurt when her car overturned at 3:30 PM on 14 April 2008, along National Road No. 4, when she was traveling to a concert in Sihanoukville. The report indicated that Sok Pisey was driving a black Lexus car filled with 10 people, including her mother and niece. At a the road bent near the Samdech Ta village, Kampong Sila commune, Kampong Sila district, Koh Kong province, Sok Pisey was speeding and she overshot the bend to hit 5 sign poles. Her car flew off and it overturned 3 times. In the accident, Sok Pisey broke her left thigh bone and she also got black eyes. Among those traveling in her car, both her grandmothers, her mother, and her niece died in the accident, and 5 were seriously injured. Currently, Sok Pisey is hospitalized at the Calmette hospital, and her condition has improved after intensive care. Sok Pisey has regained her conscience, and she now smiles to her visitors.