PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed outright and two others were seriously injured in a car collision on Sunday in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham province, some 124 kilometers Northeastern Phnom Penh, said Nhem Phal, the district’s deputy police chief.
The collision occurred at around 6:30 am between Ssangyong-branded car and a goods truck at the National road No. 6.
“The two cars drove in an opposite direction and both were in high speed and hit head-on,” he said. “Five people--two men and three women--were killed on the spot and two others were in critical condition.”
He said that all the victims were in Ssangyong-branded car.
The death toll of road accidents has become the No. 1 killer in Cambodia among those of HIV/AIDS and mine casualties.
In the first six months of this year, 941 people were killed by road accidents and
4,331 people were injured, recorded the Overland Transport Department of the Ministry of Public Work and Transport.
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