"A night bus crash in central Cambodia has killed 16 people and injured two dozen more after the bus plunged into a river, police and local reports say. The bus was carrying 37 people from the northern Oddar Meanchey province to the capital, Phnom Penh, according to the Cambodian outlet Camboja News, when it crashed off a bridge and into a canal just after 3am (20:00 GMT) in Kampong Thom province on Thursday morning."
"Police said that the driver, one of two who were alternating the night route, was believed to have been asleep when the incident occurred. It was not yet clear if the driver was among the dead. Photos posted by Interior Minister Sar Sokha on Facebook showed the bus half-submerged in water as it was extracted by a crane. The death toll rose from 13 to 16 overnight on Thursday after rescuers completed a search in the river, according to The Associated Press news agency."
Sixteen people died and about two dozen were injured when a night bus plunged off a bridge into a canal in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia. The bus carried 37 Cambodian passengers traveling from Oddar Meanchey to Phnom Penh after stopping in Siem Reap. The crash occurred just after 3am (20:00 GMT) when the vehicle left a bridge and fell into a river. Police said one of two rotating drivers was believed to have been asleep at the time, and it was unclear whether that driver was among the dead. Rescuers recovered more victims overnight, injured passengers were hospitalized, and bodies were returned to families. The National Road Safety Committee reported nearly 700 road fatalities in the first half of 2025, down from nearly 800 the previous year.
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