A bus with nearly 50 Vietnamese tourists was overturned on its way from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh of Cambodia on July 7, causing one death and nine injuries.

Mr. Vu Van Vu and his daughter at the Cho Ray Hospital.

At 11pm of July 8, these victims were transported to HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital. Of the nine injured people, four are in the family of Mr. Vu Van Vu, 52, from Phu Nhuan district, HCM City.

Vu and his wife were slightly wounded on their heads, but his two children of 7 and 15 years old are still in hospital.

Vu said his family bought a 4-day tour of the Happy Travel Company to Cambodia. The tour began in the morning of July 5. His family joined other tourists of different travel firms in a 50-seat bus to cross the Moc Bai border-gate in Tay Ninh province to Cambodia.

On July 6, they visited famous destinations in Siem Reap. They left Siem Reap to Phnom Penh at 7am of July 7. The bus ran safely for around 100km to Kampong Thom province when a buffalo suddenly crossed the road.

“The bus was running at high speed so when the buffalo crossed the road. The driver could not stop the car. The bus hit the buffalo and was overturned,” Vu recalled.

Source: VNN