Holiday traffic deaths up nearly 50 percent

The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday.

From Saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to 28 during the same five-day period last year, according to Brigadier General Luy Chhin, deputy chief of the National Police’s public order department. …

Khuon Narim
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