Injured Ranariddh flown to Thai hospital


Horrific crash: The damage to the car that was carrying Ranariddh (inset) and his wife Ouk Phalla in Preah Sihanouk province. — AFP/EPA

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian prince who was a candidate in upcoming general elections was transferred to a hospital in neighbouring Thailand after being injured in a road crash that killed his wife, said a fellow politician and a Cambodian news agency.

Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 74, was in a convoy along with senior members of his Funcinpec party heading toward Sihanoukville in southwest Cambodia on Sunday morning when a taxi travelling in the opposite direction slammed into his SUV, said a senior party member in the group.

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