Night Bus From Cambodia’s Top Tourist Destination Plunges Off Bridge, Killing 16 Passengers

Night Bus From Cambodia’s Top Tourist Destination Plunges Off Bridge, Killing 16 Passengers
Tourists wait for sunrise at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on Aug. 2, 2024. Heng Sinith/AP Photo
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A passenger bus in Cambodia crashed off a bridge into a river, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said.

The bus was traveling from Siem Reap, home to the fabled Angkor Wat temple complex, to the capital Phnom Penh, when it crashed early Thursday morning in the central province of Kampong Thom, the deputy police chief for the area, Siv Sovanna, told The Associated Press by phone.