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The truck had been transporting milled rice from Takeo province to the Cabin Market in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district. Facebook
Four dead as milled-rice truck veers off steep road in Battambang
Wed, 31 March 2021
At least four people died when a rice transport truck overturned on March 30 in O’Romduol commune’s Thnal Bat village in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district.
District governor Song Sopheak identified the victims as Suon Sochea, 17, from Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district; Udom, 25, from Prey Veng province; Mao, 33, from Kampong Speu province; and Seyha, 24, from Battambang province’s Samlot district.
“Provincial traffic specialists checked the truck and didn’t find any technical problems at all. The accident looks like it was caused because the truck was overloaded and it was coming down a steep road from the Phnom Proek Mountains. The driver could not get the truck to brake in time and it overturned,” he said.