{"id":49804,"date":"2015-05-19T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=49804"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:26:59","slug":"speeding-bus-hits-garment-workers-van-killing-at-least-16-in-eastern-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/19\/speeding-bus-hits-garment-workers-van-killing-at-least-16-in-eastern-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeding bus hits garment workers&#8217; van, killing at least 16 in eastern Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49934\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_140993803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49934\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_140993803.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"750\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_140993803.jpg 750w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_140993803-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PHNOM PENH, Cambodia &#8212; At least 16 garment workers were killed and two dozen injured Tuesday when the van driving them to their factory in eastern Cambodia was hit by a speeding bus.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured on the bus, which was carrying tourists from Vietnam and other passengers, said Chieng Am, a provincial governor.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy addyi online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/addyi.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/addyi.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The bus was speeding to overtake another car when it crashed head-on into the oncoming van near a factory industrial zone in eastern Svay Rieng province, which is near the border with Vietnam, he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy female viagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/female-viagra.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/female-viagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The overcrowded van was carrying more than 30 factory workers and was driving within the speed limit, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The garment industry is Cambodia&#8217;s biggest export earner, employing about 700,000 people in more than 700 garment and shoe factories.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy professional cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/professional-cialis.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/professional-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> In 2014, the Southeast Asian country shipped more $5 billion worth of products to the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Road accidents are a leading cause of death in Cambodia. 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