Three dead after drunk driver hits motorbike

A MOTORCYCLIST and his t wo passengers were killed on the spot in the early hours of Wednesday after being hit by a speeding car on National Road 6 in the capital’s Chroy Chang var district.

Municipa l t ra f f ic pol ice chief Sem Kunthea declined to provide det a i l s on Wednesday, say i ng only t hat t he men were factor y workers.

“They succumbed to their injuries even before we could send them to hospital. Only one of them was wearing a helmet,” he said.

A t r a f f ic pol ic e of f ic er who asked not to be named said t he “drunk” driver was detained for questioning and would be sent to court on Thursday.

Fresh News repor ted t hat t he men were riding a motorbike on National Road 6 at around 2am on Wed nesday when a speed i ng Toyota pick-up t r uck dr iv ing in the same the direction hit them from behind, sending them f lying around 100m.

The unidentif ied driver tried to f lee t he scene but was a r rested a f ter t ra f f ic pol ice of f icers a nd loca l residents gave chase.

A Nat iona l Pol ice repor t sa id t here were 10 t ra f f ic accident s t h r ou g hout t he c ou nt r y on Wednesday a lone, k illing at least s i x p e ople a nd i nj u r i ng 17, including five women.

At least 66 people have been k illed and 279 injured in 146 road accidents nationw ide so far t his mont h, t he repor t sa id, cit i ng speeding as the main cause,

Over t he sa me per iod l a s t month, 54 people were killed and 359 injured.

In t he t hird quarter of t his year, National Police statistics showed t hat r oad t r a f f ic de at h s had increased by more t ha n a hund red on t he sa me per iod l a s t yea r, wit h i njur ies a lso up as t he nu mber of ac c ident s ros e by a lmost 250.