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Grand Canyon tourist bus crash kills two

KINGMAN, Ariz., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The crash of a tourist bus on the way to the Grand Canyon killed two people and seriously injured several others near Kingman, Ariz., authorities said.

The tourists were traveling from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon West when the bus left the roadway and rolled several times early Sunday, the Kingman Daily Miner said.

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Two of the 11 passengers were declared dead at the scene and others with serious injuries were airlifted to Sunrise Medical Center in Peoria, Ariz.

Other passengers with less serious injuries were taken to Kingman Regional Medical Center by ambulance.

The tourists were all believed to be from foreign countries, authorities said.

The names of the deceased had not been released pending notification of next of kin, Mohave County sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter said.

The driver of the bus suffered minor injuries, the Daily Miner reported.

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