In brief
A bus carrying private‑school students overturned into a pond on National Road 8 in Kandal province on Tuesday, killing five female students and injuring 21 others, including three in critical condition. Local police say the bus swerved to avoid a motorcycle and the driver has been detained while the injured are being treated at a nearby hospital. The incident has been reported by Xinhua via the district's traffic police chief.
Five private‑school students were killed and 21 were wounded after a school bus flipped into a pond on National Road 8 in Kandal province, authorities reported on Tuesday morning.
The accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. local time in the Khsach Kandal district, when the vehicle swerved to avoid a motorcycle before overturning into a pond, Nov Sokhon, the district’s traffic police chief, told Xinhua.
"Five female students were pronounced dead, and 21 others were injured, including three who remain in critical condition," Sokhon said by telephone.
Sokhon added that the deaths were likely caused by drowning, and that the driver has been detained as the investigation proceeds.
Responders carried the injured to a hospital for emergency care, with authorities confirming that three of the wounded are in critical condition.