Monday night about 10:00 a large crowd was on the bridge from the mainland to an island. The bridge is a short suspension bridge and it began to sway, according to reports, the police fired water cannons at the crowd on the bridge trying to force them to leave the bridge. In the ensuing panic over 300 people were killed, some were crushed and others were electrocuted. The bridge was covered with electric lights and the water from the water cannons possible caused the electrocutions.
One of the operators that works at Digital Divide Data and his wife were on the bridge, they escaped with only minor injuries.
CNN has several articles on the stampede.
I was had been in Kampong Cham photographing rice fields and did not participate in this part of the festival.
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