Eight Killed in Utah Bus Crash

VOA Breaking News
January 7, 2008

Authorities in the western U.S. state of Utah say eight people were killed when a charter bus veered off the road and crashed 12 meters down an embankment.

Officials say the passengers were heading to Phoenix, Arizona after a ski trip in Telluride, Colorado.

The crash occurred Sunday evening in an isolated area in southeastern Utah. Twenty other people were injured.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.