{"id":143063,"date":"2018-01-02T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143063"},"modified":"2018-01-02T00:46:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:46:08","slug":"bus-crash-in-rural-utah-kills-13-year-old-injures-12-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/02\/bus-crash-in-rural-utah-kills-13-year-old-injures-12-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus crash in rural Utah kills 13 year old, injures 12 others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Greyhound bus careened from a highway and plunged into a deep wash, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring 12 other people on New Year’s Eve in rural Utah, state troopers said Monday.<\/p>\n

Investigators were still trying to determine what caused the crash along Interstate 70 west of the city of Green River.<\/p>\n

However, a passenger reported a possible medical issue with the driver, the Utah Highway Patrol said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The bus was heading west across the desert from Green River to Las Vegas, Trooper Jared Cornia said.<\/p>\n

It went off the shoulder of the highway around 11 p.m. and plunged into the wash, crashing about 200 feet from the highway.<\/p>\n

Authorities identified the girl killed as Summer Pinzon from Azusa, California. She was travelling with her mother, who was taken to a hospital after the crash.<\/p>\n

Authorities did not release the mother’s name or additional details about her and her daughter.<\/p>\n

The bus driver and two passengers were taken by helicopters in serious condition to hospitals in Colorado and Utah.<\/p>\n

Cornia did not have updates on their conditions.<\/p>\n

Other injured passengers were taken by ambulances to hospitals.<\/p>\n

Utah’s Highway Patrol initially reported 13 people, including the driver, were aboard the bus, with 11 injured.<\/p>\n

The count was revised Monday evening.<\/p>\n

Cornia said there were a total of 14 people aboard, including the driver.<\/p>\n

Cornia said roads were clear and conditions were good and were not believed to have been a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n

He said investigators were trying to obtain video from a camera aboard the bus to help determine what happened.<\/p>\n

Lanesha Gipson, a spokeswoman for Greyhound, said the company is co-operating with authorities and conducting its own investigation.<\/p>\n

Gipson did not have information on the driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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