Seven people were killed after a van and a truck collided on U.S. Highway 20 in Idaho on Thursday, according to police.
The crash happened near Henry’s Lake, about 20 miles east of Yellowstone National Park.
Troopers with Idaho State Police responded at around 7:15 p.m. to find that a Dodge Ram pickup truck and a Mercedes passenger van had collided.
The van was operating as a tour vehicle and had 14 people onboard, while there was one person in the truck, police said. The van caught fire following the crash.
Six people on the van and the driver of the pickup truck died as a result of the crash, according to police. At least 16 patients were treated on the scene, with the severity of the injuries requiring at least one air ambulance.
“Due to the magnitude of the incident and the ongoing process of notifying the next of kin, no names, ages, hometowns, or nationalities have been released,” state police said. “Once available, the Fremont County Coroner’s Office will provide information.”
U.S. Highway 20 was closed for approximately seven hours while first responders cleared the scene, police said. The road has since been reopened.
Police are investigating the cause of the collision.
