At least 18 Cambodian garment workers were killed and 21 injured on Tuesday when a bus crashed into the van transporting them to work, officials said.
Photographs from the crash site showed a scene of carnage with bodies thrown from the mangled wreckage of the workers’ van.
“A bus from Prey Nokor (Ho Chi Minh City) overtook a car and crashed into a van transporting 39 garment workers, killing 16 of them on the spot,” Cheang Am, governor of eastern Svay Rieng province, told AFP by telephone. Two more workers died from injuries <g data-gr-id="15">while</g> en route to <g data-gr-id="13">hospital</g> in the capital Phnom Penh, Cheang Am said <g data-gr-id="14">later,</g> while 21 others were injured with several in a critical condition.
The Cambodian driver of the bus was arrested, the governor said.