Four people have been killed and a number of others left fighting for life in a tour bus crashed near a national park in southern Utah, authorities said Friday.
The morning wreck, near Bryce Canyon National Park also left 12 to 15 others critically injured, the state Highway Patrol reported.
It happened near a highway rest stop about 7 miles from the park entrance.
The road has been closed and photos from the Garfield County Sheriff's Office show the top of a white bus smashed in.
There was one side peeling away as it rests mostly off the side of a road near a sign for restrooms.
Authorities were tending to people on the road and others stood around covered in shiny blankets, the photos show.
Further details were not immediately available, including the cause of the crash and the number of people involved, Cpl. Chris Bishop said.
Bryce Canyon is known for its distinctive landscape of narrow red-rock spires and is located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.
Reporting by agencies.
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