An American free-lance reporter was injured and a truck driver killed when their vehicle hit a mine in northwest Cambodia. Nate Thayer, who was reporting for the Associated Press, was treated for shrapnel wounds, an AP reporter in Bangkok said.

For the Record

The Washington Post

October 17, 1989

An American free-lance reporter was injured and a truck driver killed when their vehicle hit a mine in northwest Cambodia. Nate Thayer, who was reporting for the Associated Press, was treated for shrapnel wounds, an AP reporter in Bangkok said.

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