India, Nov. 11 -- Five girls died on Tuesday morning in Cambodia when a bus taking them to school veered off the road and plunged into a deep pond, police said.

The crash took place in Kandal province, about 40 km north of the Capital, Phnom Penh, said a statement posted on Facebook by the provincial police.

Video posted on social media showed the bus sank just a few feet from shore, but deep enough to make escape very difficult, even with assistance from villagers who rushed to try to pull the children out. The rescuers performed CPR on some of the children they extricated, said Sun Kunthy, one of those who rushed to help.

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