One dead and statues damaged after tree falls at Angkor temple complex in storm

Tourists at Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap (Heng Sinith/AP)

One person was killed and three others injured at Cambodia’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex after a large tree was blown down onto their vehicle during a fierce rainstorm, a government statement said.

The accident occurred late on Tuesday afternoon at the southern gate to Angkor Thom, which is near the more famous Angkor Wat temple and part of the same archaeological complex in the north-western province of Siem Reap.