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Zhuang Pinghui

Associated Press

At least four people were killed on Friday when a tour bus carrying 30 Chinese visitors overturned on a highway in the United States.
The crash happened while the vehicle was en route to Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah.
Authorities believe the driver, an American citizen, swerved and when he tried to get the bus back on course the momentum flipped it over onto a safety barrier, crushing its roof.

Highway patrol sergeant Nick Street said that all 31 people on board were hurt, and that as many as 15 were initially considered to be in a critical condition.
Several later improved, but five people remained critical as of Friday night, so the death toll could rise, he said.
The tour was organised by Shanghai Zhuyuan International Travel Agency. As well as a tour guide, the group comprised 15 visitors from Shanghai, six from Zhejiang province, five from Jiangsu, and one each from Anhui, Hebei and Heilongjiang, according to a report by Chinese news website Zjol.com.cn, which cited the Zhejiang tourism department.
One of the people killed was from Zhejiang, the report said.

Street, who described the accident as a tragedy, said the driver did not appear to have been intoxicated at the time of the crash but the authorities were still checking his condition and that he was helping with their inquiries.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were also checking for any possible mechanical faults, the officer said, adding that there had been some wind at the time of the accident but not enough to cause any problems.
It appeared not everyone was wearing a seat belt, Street said.
The injured were sent to Cedar City, St George and Intermountain Garfield Memorial hospitals. The latter said that it had received 17 patients, of whom three were in a critical condition and 11 were in a serious condition.

The Chinese embassy in the US tweeted that it was saddened to hear about the crash and that it was sending staff to help those affected.
Utah Governor Gary Hart also expressed his condolences.
“My heart sank when I heard the news that a tour bus crashed near Bryce Canyon,” he said in a tweet on Friday. “I grieve with all who lost loved ones in this crash and I’m grateful for the quick work of first responders, as well as all those who are volunteering to act as translators.”
Xinhua reported that Southern Utah University had appealed for Chinese students to come forward and work as translators for the people injured.
Local officials had also asked for Chinese-speaking volunteers to go to Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch to help.

Millions of people visit Utah’s five national parks every year, with about 87,000 Chinese visiting the state last year. Bryce Canyon, an otherworldly landscape of narrow red-rock spires about 480km (300 miles) south of Salt Lake City, attracts about 2 million visitors a year.
More than half of all visitors from China travel on tour buses, said Vicki Varela, managing director of Utah’s tourism office.
The company listed on the bus was America Shengjia Inc. Utah business records indicate it is based in Monterey Park, California. A woman who answered the phone there did not have an immediate comment.


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This photo released by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office shows a tour bus that was carrying Chinese-speaking tourists after it crashed near Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (Sheriff Danny Perkins/Garfield County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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The remains of a bus that crashed while carrying Chinese-speaking tourists lie along State Route 12 near Bryce Canyon National Park, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Utah, as authorities continue to investigate. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)

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