Scores 80 injured workers in truck crash

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Chhay Channyda

More than 80 workers were injured in Svay Rieng province on Wednesday evening, after two trucks in which they were travelling collided as one attempted to overtake the other.

The accident occurred in Bavet town’s Chrok Mates commune at about 6:50pm, after workers had finished shifts at factories in the Manhattan and Tai Seng special economic zones.

According to Pel Samul of the National Social Security Funds’ Svay Rieng office, five of the victims suffered serious injuries, while 77 more had to be hospitalised.

“The National Social Security Funds is covering all of the treatment expenses for those injured workers,” he said.

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