Ranariddh’s condition stable, airlifted to hospital in Bangkok

The condition of injured Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of Funcinpec Party, is “stable” and he has been airlifted to a hospital in Thailand, a senior party official said this morning, according to Xinhua.

“The information I got is that the prince’s condition is stable,” Funcinpec Party’s secretary general Yim Savy told Xinhua. “He remains conscious and can speak normally.”

However, the secretary general said “some of the prince’s ribs were broken” and “one of his (right) leg’s calf bones fractured” during the road accident.

“The prince was airlifted to a hospital in Bangkok for further medical checkup and treatment on Sunday night,” he said.

The 74-year-old prince was seriously injured and his 39-year-old wife Ouk Phalla died on Sunday when their car collided with a taxi traveling in the opposite direction in southwestern Preah Sihanouk province. Five people in the taxi were also wounded in the crash.

The Nation quoted an unidentified source as confirming that the Prince Ranariddh arrived Bangkok  at about 1am and because of his serious condition was airlifted from the airport to Bangkok Hospital  rather than taken by ambulance.

According to Savy, the prince and his wife were travelling in a BMW along with a motorcade consisting of other party senior members to meet their supporters in Preah Sihanouk province when they met the crash.

Both Ranariddh and his wife were standing as candidates in Cambodia’s national election, which is scheduled for July.