Tour van and pickup truck collide near Yellowstone National Park, killing 7 people

A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, the Idaho State Police said.

The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on a highway near Henry's Lake State Park in eastern Idaho. The state park is roughly 16 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.

Both vehicles caught fire after the crash, the Idaho State Police said in a news release. The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup and six people inside the Mercedes passenger van died. The van was carrying a tour group of 14 people, and the surviving occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries, police spokesman Aaron Snell said.