Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh was seriously injured, and his wife killed, in a head-on collision on Sunday in the southwestern coastal city of Sihanoukville, police said.
Ranariddh's sports utility vehicle was hit by a taxi driving in the opposite direction, said Chuon Narin, police chief of the province of Preah Sihanouk.
"The prince was taken in a helicopter for an emergency rescue in Phnom Penh," Chuon Narin told Reuters. "He is seriously injured but he will be fine."
Ranariddh's wife, Ouk Phalla, 39, an exponent of traditional dance, died in a hospital in Preah Sihanouk, Chuon Narin said, adding that both SUVs involved in the crash had been speeding.
"A taxi with many passengers crashed into the convoy and hit the prince’s car," an official from Ranarridh's political party who was accompanying him told AFP.
A report on the national police website showed badly damaged cars and victims on the roadside. Seven people were reported injured.
Ranariddh, 74, was travelling from the riverside town of Kampot to Preah Sihanouk as part of campaigning for controversial national elections set for July 29.
His party Funcinpec is taking part despite widespread complaints that the poll will be neither free nor fair after the main opposition group the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was banned late last year.
