Post date: Nov 22, 2010 10:2:16 PM
Hundreds are feared dead in a stampede on a bridge in Cambodia. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
CAMBODIA-STAMPEDE - Hundreds are feared dead after a stampede on a bridge in Cambodia.
Authorities say many were crushed or drowned, after thousands panicked on the last day of a water festival.
The Phnom Penh police chief told Reuters that quote "many people had died in the festival" but declined to elaborate during a rescue effort that went on into early Wednesday.
A Reuters cameraman said thousands panicked when several people were electrocuted on a small bridge connecting Phnom Penh to nearby Diamond Island, a small island used for festivals and conventions.
Most of those who died either drowned or were trampled to death.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.