Seven people were killed after a pickup truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone National Park on May 1, according to Idaho State Police.
At 7:15pm local time, a Mercedes passenger van near Lake Henry, about 20 miles east of Yellowstone, collided with a Dodge Ram pickup truck, police said in a news release. The van was transporting a tour group and set it on fire after crashing. The first responders, including ambulances, treated more than 12 patients.
There were 14 people in the van and one in the pickup. Six people in the van and the pickup driver were killed as a result of a collision.
“Due to the size of the incident and the ongoing process of next notice of the close relative, no name, age, home or nationality has been announced,” police said.
The highway where the collision occurred was closed for almost seven hours while emergency responders were on the scene, police said. It resumed on May 2nd. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
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