Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP news agency that more than 400 people had been injured."Most of the deaths were as a result of suffocation and internal injuries," he said.Authorities had estimated that more than two million people would attend the three-day festival, one of the main events of the year in Cambodia.Panic broke out after a concert on Diamond Island, which followed a boat race on the Tonle Sap river regarded as a highlight of the festivities.'Sudden panic'Sean Ngu, an Australian who was visiting family and friends in Cambodia, told the BBC too many people had been on the bridge.He said some of the victims were electrocuted."There were too many people on the bridge and then both ends were pushing," he said."This caused a sudden panic. The pushing caused those in the middle to fall to the ground, then [get] crushed.Cambodian relatives of a stampede victim cry in a hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23 November 2010 Many of the dead appeared to be teenagers"Panic started and at least 50 people jumped in the river. People tried to climb on to the bridge, grabbing and pulling [electric] cables which came loose and electrical shock caused more deaths.
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