PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle transporting private school students overturned into a pond in southern Cambodia's Kandal province on Tuesday morning, leaving five students dead and 21 others injured, according to a local police chief.
The tragic accident occurred on National Road 8 in the Khsach Kandal district at 7:10 a.m. local time, Nov Sokhon, the district's traffic police chief, said, adding that the bus swerved to avoid a motorcycle before overturning into a pond.
"Five female students were pronounced dead, and 21 others were injured, including three who remain in critical condition," he told Xinhua by telephone.
He added that the deaths were likely caused by drowning.
Sokhon added that authorities have detained the driver, while the injured victims were rushed to the hospital for emergency medical care. ■
