Seven Western tourists injured as truck hits bus

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Police in the border town of Poipet are seeking the driver of a truck which rammed into a bus full of tourists, injuring seven of them. “The tourists had just arrived from Thailand and hired a bus belonging to the Virak Buntham Bus Company to go to Siem Reap,” said traffic police officer Ki Makara.
 

“They were driving on National Road 9 at around 3pm when the truck appeared from a side road and went into the back corner of the bus, causing it to overturn.” Mr Makara said seven of the 13 tourists on board were injured in Monday's accident and were recovering in hospital. It is not known how serious their injuries are.
 

He said the truck driver fled the scene and parked the vehicle nearby. Police found it soon after, identifying it from the damage it had suffered to its front. They have not yet found the driver but know who he is from the truck’s registration number and expect to arrest him soon. The 13 tourists came from the US, Australia, Denmark, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, England and Holland.

 

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British tourists injured after lorry smashes into bus packed with holidaymakers in Cambodia

 

British tourists have reportedly been injured after a lorry smashed into a bus in Cambodia. The bus was carrying 13 tourists when it overturned in the town of Poipet near the main border crossing with Thailand.

 

Seven of the 13 tourists on board were injured and they are all being treated in hospital. The nature of their injuries have not yet been disclosed. The tourists on the bus are from England, the US, Australia, Denmark, Italy, France, the Czech Republic and Holland.

 

Police are hunting for the driver of the lorry who fled the scene and is believed to have run off on foot after parking his vehicle nearby. Traffic police officer Ki Makara said: "The tourists had just arrived from Thailand and hired a bus belonging to the Virak Buntham Bus Company to go to Siem Reap.

 

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