Cambodia's garment workers fret over deadly daily commutes

Garment factory workers standing in a truck which they use to commute to and from work, in Kampong Speu province.- AFP

KAMPONG SPEU, Cambodia (AFP): Gripping her friend's shoulder as a truck packed with 30 Cambodian garment workers tears down a pot-holed street, Nguon Sanit says her days are bookended by fear of dying on the kingdom's treacherous roads.

Workers in the sector -- the majority of whom are women -- make dicey daily commutes in a country where road accidents are a leading cause of death.