On Thursday, Chinese and Italian tourists were reported to have killed seven people due to a conflict between the tour bus and the truck near the Yellow Stone National Park.
The US police said eight other people were injured when the CHEVY pickup truck and Mercedes passenger van crashed on the highway in East Ida. Both cars have a fire.
According to the Chinese state media, five Chinese tourists died in the Mercedes van. However, a local inspection center said that two Italian tourists also had eight deaths along with the Texas residents who drove the CHEVY pickup.
The police are still investigating the cause. The route where the accident occurred leads to the park, and now it enters the best tourism season.
Idaho’s police said on Friday that “tragically, six individuals and pickup drivers in the van died in an accident.”
China’s news agency mythology cited the statement of a Chinese consulate in San Francisco and reported that five Chinese were Chinese citizens.
Myth said, “The consulate expressed its deep condolences to the dead and sincerely expressed sympathy with the injured and influenced people.
Chinese officials also contacted the injured and victims’ families and asked our officials to investigate thoroughly.
Fremont County Coroner Brenda Dye said two victims were from Italy in New York Times.
She also identified Texas’ 25 -year -old Isaiah Moreno as a driver of a pickup truck. The identity of other victims is not yet disclosed.
The BBC contacted the Ida Hoju police to clarify the disagreement with the number of deaths.
Brad Little, Governor of Aida Ho, told X that he was also for the victims, and he said, “He is working closely with local officials to get an answer to this terrible tragedy.
The police said that the ambulance flew to the hospital because of the seriousness of the injury.
Photographs of a passenger near Yellow Stone show flames and smoke near the shipwreck of the truck.
Roger Merrill, a witness that took the picture, said he was on his way home when he saw the shipwreck.
He said both cars were burning, and the bystanders were trying to take care of the survivors next to the highway.
“This is a very dangerous highway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellow Stone National Park.” “Very busy.”
The emergency team was closed for 7 hours while treating the victim and cleaning the 16 -mile (25 km) crashes at the Yellow Stone entrance.
The oldest American national park, this place is almost 3,500 square miles in three states: Aida, Wyoming and Montana.
According to the National Park Service, an average of 4 million tourists come between May and September.
