The crash happened on Thursday just before 7:15 p.m. local time on a highway near Henry's Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, about 16 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.

The deaths of at least six foreign nationals in a fiery van crash in eastern Idaho are a reminder that many visitors to two of the busiest U.S. national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and nearby areas come from around the world.

A collision between a tour bus and a truck near Yellowstone National Park killed seven people and injured eight others on Thursday. Police were alerted to the crash at 19:15 local time (02:15 GMT), when a Chevy pickup truck and a van carrying 14 tourists collided on a highway in eastern Idaho, state police said.