Cambodia News, Svay Rieng Province: Three young women, while driving a motorbike from work to return home, were hit by a car which collided head-on, causing serious injuries, all three were taken to hospital. The accident happened at 9:10 pm on September 30, 2020 on Street 319B (Kampong Spean Road) in Bavet Kandal village, Bavet commune, Bavet city.

According to the police, the victims were named as Chan Bopha, 16 years old, a Cambodian female nail artist, who was driving the motorbike, and the passengers behind her were 13-year-old Ang Ean, and 19-year-old Youk Chanpheakdey, who work at the same nail shop. All three girls live in Ta Bip village, Bavet commune, Bavet city, Svay Rieng province.

Sources at the scene said that before the incident, the three women were seen driving a black and red Honda Wave motorcycle, with license plate number Phnom Penh 1FF-9184, traveling along the road, when a white Camry Hybrid car with license plate number 2A-0636, collided with them head-on, seriously injuring all the women. The car driver refused to stop, trying to speed up and drive off, until the car fell into a ditch on the south side of the road, and then the driver opened the door of the car and ran away.

Authorities confirmed that after the incident, they sent the victims to the Cambodia-Russia Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh. After that, both vehicles were impounded at the Bavet City Police Inspectorate, waiting to deal with the car owner and the families of the victims legally.