Two Dead in Landslide

Two construction workers, one a teenager, died in a landslide on Saturday night as they were excavating a mountain in Pailin province’s Pailin town, according to police. Provincial police officer Vorn Veasna said the pair was operating an excavator and a truck carrying soil when the landslide happened.
 

The bodies of both victims, Chheay, 19, and Thy Ratha, 20, were buried under the rubble, with a search and rescue team only managing to retrieve the second body yesterday morning. “At 5pm, the soil fell on the excavator and on the truck, killing two people working in the excavation area in Pailin town’s O’Taray commune,” Mr. Veasna said, adding that both vehicles were buried under the rubble.
 

“The truck and the excavator along with the two bodies were buried in the soil. Last night at 7pm we managed to dig out one body and this morning at 8am, we dug and found the other one,” he added yesterday. The families of both victims promptly collected their bodies for their funerals.

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