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5 Cambodian schoolgirls killed as a bus skids off a road into a pond
Police said 26 students were aboard as a motorcycle forced the bus to brake and skid into roadside water.
- On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, a privately operated school bus plunged into a pond in Kandal province, Cambodia, killing five schoolgirls on National Road 8 in Anlong village.
- Police detained the 31-year-old driver, Meun Thearith, after preliminary findings indicated he braked to avoid a motorcycle, causing the vehicle to skid into the roadside water.
- The Mitsubishi vehicle carried 26 students from Prey Veng to BELTEI International School, with the five deceased aged 12 to 14, three suffering serious injuries, and 18 sustaining minor injuries.
- Kim Pagna, director of the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation Cambodia, offered condolences to families and called for stronger road safety measures to protect students.
- According to a National Police report, traffic accidents across Cambodia killed more than 1,300 people in the first 10 months of this year, ranking as the leading cause of accidental deaths in the Southeast Asian nation.
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5 Cambodian schoolgirls killed as a bus skids off a road into a pond
KHSACH KANDAL, Cambodia (AP) — Five girls died on Tuesday morning in Cambodia when a bus taking them to school veered off the road and plunged into a deep pond, police said.
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Today, Tuesday, Cambodian police announced the death of five female students and the injury of 21 others, following the coup d ' état of a bus carrying students from a private school in a pond.
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