A 6-year-old boy was badly hurt in a thwarted hit-and-run in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district on Wednesday.

Police said the boy was in the street when he was hit by a car carrying two young women. The women allegedly tried to escape, but police gave chase and stopped them.

But even after the vehicle was brought to a halt the women refused to get out, spending hours speaking to police from within the car. Eventually, the women relented and police drove them downtown. KOH SANTEPHEAP