A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in southwest Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, leaving 60 workers wounded, a provincial senior police official said.
Saturday’s accident occurred in Samraong Tong district when the truck’s driver drove fast and crashed at a curve in the road, said Tab Lon, Kampong Speu provincial deputy police chief in charge of road traffic.
“The truck overturned and threw workers into a paddy field,” he said.
“Sixty workers got injured including 10 in serious condition.”
The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals, Lon said, adding that the police are hunting for the 24-year-old male driver, who escaped the scene soon after the crash.
According to the official, the truck carried a total of more than 70 factory workers at the time of the accident.
Transporting workers in open trucks to and from factories are common in the country. — Xinhua
