Night bus from Siem Reap plunges off bridge, killing 16 passengers


A passenger bus crashed off a bridge into a river, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said.

The bus was travelling 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, said by phone.

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