Arizona sheriff's office investigating fatal tour bus crash
This photo provided by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office shows a Las Vegas-based tour that rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Mohave County Sheriff's Office via AP)KINGMAN, Ariz. โ An Arizona sheriff's office was investigating a tour bus crash that killed one person and injured dozens of others, including five seriously, officials said Saturday. The Las Vegas-based bus crashed Friday and rolled over in northwestern Arizona while headed to a Grand Canyon viewpoint on the Hualapai Reservation. A photo provided by the sheriffโs office showed the bus on its side on a road that curves through Joshua trees with no snow or rain in the remote area. The bus was heading to Grand Canyon West, about 2 1/2 hours from Las Vegas and outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.
Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
(Mohave County Sheriff's Office via AP)DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. โ A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said. โA lot of them were saying the bus driver was driving at a high rate of speed,โ he said. The bus was heading to Grand Canyon West, about 2 1/2 hours from Las Vegas and outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. Before the pandemic, about 1 million people a year visited Grand Canyon West, mostly through tours booked out of Las Vegas. Rafters who are on trips through the Grand Canyon also can get on and off the river on the reservation.