Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey): One person died immediately at the scene, 6 others were seriously injured, and another 6 suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident that occurred at 3:40 pm on September 18. 2020 on National Road 58, Bridge No. 4, between km 23-24, in Prasat village, O'Bei Choan commune, Banteay Meanchey Province.

According to the report of Colonel Ses Vibol, O'Chrov District Police Inspector, the truck (plate Kampong Cham. MA.8759) which was transporting live pigs and 13 passengers, swerved and drove off the bridge for no known reason. One passenger was killed outright, six others were seriously injured, and there were another six minor injuries reported.
However, the truck driver escaped unscathed, and he ran away from the accident, leaving the dead man and the wounded people at the scene until the police arrived.

The wounded were taken to Poipet Hospital, and currently, the district traffic police are preparing to find the owner and the driver of the truck to come and deal with it.

Are we to assume all the pigs escaped unharmed ?

jaynewcastle wrote:Are we to assume all the pigs escaped unharmed ?

Well we know at least one that did. The driver.


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Looks like no pigs were on the truck, amazing how they run away leaving injured to suffer, especially when they are the drivers

jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:57 pm Are we to assume all the pigs escaped unharmed ?

Given the cages were empty I think we can safely assume they are all now very dead and either eaten and awaiting to be eaten.

atst wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:34 pm Looks like no pigs were on the truck, amazing how they run away leaving injured to suffer, especially when they are the drivers

Yeah, what is it with drivers always fleeing the scene? The lorry owners will know who they are, they'll just go to their home and find them hiding under a table or in a hammock.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:50 pm

atst wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:34 pm Looks like no pigs were on the truck, amazing how they run away leaving injured to suffer, especially when they are the drivers

Yeah, what is it with drivers always fleeing the scene? The lorry owners will know who they are, they'll just go to their home and find them hiding under a table or in a hammock.

Its very odd, being that such as a very serious accident has this, the trusted and responsible driver employed by the owner does a Roger Bannister (who broke the four-minute-mile} how quick was the truck driver to escape the crowd and authorities.
It seems the law is that, the owner is not responsible, so even knowing or not knowing his employee is not in question, so when his driver stops hiding under a table or in a hammock somewhere and recovers his breath back from all the running about, he will probably return to work.