Pailin tractor driver detonates anti-tank mine, suffers injuries
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(Phnom Penh Post) A man was injured and rushed to hospital after his tractor detonated an anti-tank mine on May 15 in Sala Krao commune’s Stung Koy village of Pailin province’s Sala Krao district.
District police chief Meak Saran identified the driver as Moeurn Seila, 25, a resident of the village. He suffered a broken leg, an injured torso and a fractured skull in the explosion, which completely destroyed the tractor. He was taken to the Pailin Provincial Referral Hospital before being transferred to the referral hospital in neighbouring Battambang province.
