378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival

(Updated 4:56 p.m.) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival has risen to 378 with hundreds more injured. Rescuers are trawling a muddy river for more bodies after Monday's disaster, when a panic-stricken crowd of thousands tried to flee over a narrow bridge. Many people were crushed underfoot or fell over its sides into the water. Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Tuesday total casualties reached over 1,000, with 378 people killed and 755 injured. He said this was not the final count. The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge. — AP