US EditionA Night Bus From Cambodia’s Top Tourist Destination Plunges Off a Bridge, Killing 13 Passengers
At least 13 people died and about 24 were injured when a bus plunged into a river, with driver drowsiness suspected as the cause, officials said.
- On Nov 20, a sleeper passenger bus plunged off O'Prasat bridge in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, killing at least 13 and injuring about two dozen in Chey Chumnas village, Kakoh commune, Sandan district.
- Investigators say driver fatigue appears to have caused the barrier strike after a nighttime departure from Siem Reap, police at the scene concluded the bus hit the right-side barrier and fell into the river.
- The bus was on the Siem Reap–Phnom Penh route when it plunged into water about 5m deep, with about 40 passengers believed onboard, all Cambodian nationals.
- Recovered bodies were sent to Kakoh pagoda and held at a local hospital, while police are gathering information and survivors were taken to hospital for treatment.
- The route links Siem Reap, home to Angkor Wat, with Phnom Penh, a heavily traveled corridor; traffic crashes killed 1,509 people in 2024 and 1,062 in the first nine months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
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Night Bus From Cambodia’s Top Tourist Destination Plunges Off Bridge, Killing 16 Passengers
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. He said Frid…
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 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 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 …
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