40 Killed in  Bus Accident in Andhra Pradesh
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At least 21 people were killed when a truck crashed with a tourist bus in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province on Tuesday morning. 

The tourist bus was travelling from Vietnam to Phnom Penh, while the truck was carrying garment workers, many of whom were killed in the accident. 

Fourteen women were among the dead, according to The Phnom Penh Post, which reported the death toll to be 16.  

"Twenty-one people died when a truck filled with workers crashed into a tourist bus traveling from Vietnam to Phnom Penh," Svay Rieng provincial police chief Koeng Khorn told the Cambodia Daily.

The incident occurred at around 7 am local time, and the death toll is expected to rise.