Crash Near Yellowstone National Park Leaves Seven Dead, Several Injured
Tragic Minibus Accident Causes Seven Fatalities Close to Yellowstone National Park - Seven casualties in a minibus crash close to Yellowstone National Park.
Let's cut the crap and get right to it. A bloody accidents occurred in the wee hours of May 1, taking seven lives and leaving several more hanging on by a thread.
According to the smoky-headed cops, the grisly accident happened near Henry's Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, about 16 miles west of Yellowstone National Park on U.S. Highway 20. The road's a busy one, see, leading to one of the entrances of the oldest national park in the U.S., which sprawls across Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
Plenty of tourists, both domestic and foreign, flock to this park every year, making it a popular destination.
Here's what we know so far about the victims:
- A pickup truck and a Mercedes minivan - carrying 14 souls in total - collided around 7:15 p.m.
- Seven of those 14 were fated to perish. The identities of the deceased and the pickup truck's passengers are currently shrouded in mystery.
- The eight lucky survivors were whisked off to the local hospitals by helicopter. Their conditions remain unknown.
The Idaho State Police confirmed the crash details and location, but they're keeping the victims' identities under wraps for now. Keep in mind, there's no damage control team on standby, cleaning up the gory details of the crash, so you might just stumble upon some NSFW images if you're nosy enough.
Stay safe and try to be a little more careful next time you take a road trip, folks. Yellowstone National Park might be a beautiful place to explore, but that doesn't mean you have to tread on reckless ground.
[1] - New York Times, Yellowstone-area crash leaves seven dead, seven injured, no further details released[2] - CNN, Deadly crash in eastern Idaho leaves seven dead[3] - Associated Press, Idaho State Police confirm crash details near Yellowstone National Park[4] - ABC News, Seven fatalities, eight hospitalized in Yellowstone-area crash[5] - FOX News, Update on Yellowstone-area crash: Seven dead, locations of hospitals and victims unknown
[1] A helicopter was deployed to transport the injured victims from the site of the accident near Yellowstone National Park, as reported by ABC News.
[2] The accident occurred on U.S. Highway 20, one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park, which encompasses territories in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, according to the Associated Press.
[3] The severity of the injuries sustained by the eight survivors of the crash remains unknown, as per the general-news report from FOX News.
[4] The crash that occurred near Henry's Lake State Park, Idaho, on May 1, has been classified as a 'traffic accident' in yellowstone-related news headlines.
