Aussies + Brits Cambodia Bus Flips onto its side as truck smashes into it

Seven tourists were injured when a truck smashed into their tour bus in Cambodia so hard it overturned landing on its side.

The bus was carrying 13 people from nearby Thailand to the popular resort town of Siem Reap, famous for its ancient Buddhist temples.

The names of the tourists have not yet been released but they are from Britain, the U.S., Australia, Denmark, Italy, France, the Czech Republic and Holland.

The hurt holidaymakers were taken to a nearby hospital but the nature of their injuries was unknown.

Police are hunting the driver who dumped his truck nearby and fled on foot, but he was identified by his truck registration.

‘They were driving on National Road 9 at around 3pm when the truck appeared from a side road and went into the back corner of the bus, causing it to overturn,’ police officer Ki Makara said.

He said officers quickly identified the truck from the damage to its front and expected to make an arrest shortly.

The bus was travelling through the town of Poipet in the north-western Banteay Meanchey Province near the border with Thailand when it was struck.

Source: Seven tourists injured after bus hit by truck in Cambodia | Daily Mail Online