7 people who were killed in the crash of Pickup and Tour van near Yellowstone – NBC Connecticut

Seven people killed a pickup and a tour van Collision near Yellowstone National Park and injured eight more, according to the Idaho State Police.

The crash occurred on Thursday shortly before 7.15 p.m. on a highway near Henry's Lake State Park in Eastern Idaho, the police said in a press release. The State Park is around 26 kilometers west of Yellowstone National Park.

Both vehicles caught fire after the crash, the Idaho State Police announced in a press release. The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup and six people in the Mercedes passenger -van died. The van wore a tour group of 14 people, and the surviving residents were brought to hospitals with injuries, said police spokesman Aaron Snell.

Climate medicine and emergency situations reacted to the collision that continues to be examined. The authorities did not say what led to the crash.

The Fandront County's office did not publish the names of the people killed on Friday morning. The Idaho State Police said that the officials were still working on notifying family members of the killed and injured, so that the agency did not yet publish the names, age groups, home towns or nationalities of the people involved.

The 60 -year -old Roger Merrill drove home when he saw the flames devoured the two vehicles when the audience tried to take care of the van on the side of the highway. Merrill said he often sees tourist cars on the highway, which leads to Yellowstone National Park.

“It is a very dangerous motorway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellowstone National Park,” he said. “It's very busy.”

Merrill raised a video of the wrecks with smoke that covered the van. Due to the remote location, Merrill said that he is looking forward to the help of first aiders.

“It took an annoying time until help only because of the location,” he said.

Dupuy reported from New York City.