7 tourist after tourist cars and truck crash near Yellowstone National Park

• Say officials in Idaho
• Six of the van passengers and the truck driver died according to the authorities
• “It is a very dangerous highway” and “it took a lot to get to help,” said a witness, a witness said
  

Seven people died after a tour van and a pick-up truck crashed near Yellowstone National Park, the authorities said.

On Thursday, May 1st, shortly before 7:15 p.m. local time, Idaho State Police replied to a crash on the US Highway 20 near Henry's Lake State Park – about 16 miles west of Yellowstone – civil servant in a press release.

The truck and the passenger, who worked as a small travel vehicle, were involved, the latter caught fire after the collision.

The state police later made it clear in an updated press release on Friday, May 2, that the van wore 14 people, and the driver of the truck was his only resident. Six of the van passengers and the truck driver died.

According to the Associated Press, the survivors of the crash were brought to nearby hospitals, said police spokesman Arron Snell.

The cause of the crash is examined, and the US Highway 20 was completely closed to the public after the collision for “almost seven hours” when the authorities examined the scene, said Idaho State Police. The street is now open for regular use.

The Coroner's Office of the Fremont County is expected to contact the names of the deceased victims and the cause and nature of death for each individual after the next relative, the authorities said. Due to the “size of the incident”, no additional information about the information killed has yet been published.

The Idaho State Police did not immediately respond to people's request for a comment.

Roger Merrill drove home and saw the scene shortly after the crash, he told the AP. He took a video about the consequences of the collision and showed Rauch, which covered the van, and both vehicles that anchored in flames.

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Merrill said that he was waiting for first aiders to arrive as a spectator to take care of the victims.

“It is a very dangerous motorway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It is extremely busy,” he said, adding, “it took an annoyingly long time until help only because of the location.”