7 killed, 8 injured in van carrying Cambodians
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Six Cambodian workers and their Thai driver were killed when their chartered van crashed into a tree and overturned in Songkhla's Chana district at 4.30am yesterday, police said.
The remaining eight passengers, including two Malaysians believed to be brokers arranging jobs for the migrant workers, sustained injuries. Two Cambodian women, identified as Chao Lee and Mom Him, are in intensive care.
The van was transporting legal migrant workers from Sa Kaew province to Sungai Kolok, and police believe the driver was tired and had dozed off, leading to the crash.
Police said five of the victims died at the scene and two succumbed to injuries at the Namom Hospital.
