Grand Canyon West in northern Arizona reopens sights a day after deadly tour bus rollover

GRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. — Grand Canyon West and its Skywalk attraction and helicopter excursions was again in enterprise Wednesday, a day after one particular person was killed and at the least eight others hospitalized after a tour bus rollover in northern Arizona.

Hualapai tribal officers mentioned a non-public tour operator and a customer’s private car collided close to the Grand Canyon West car parking zone at round 10 a.m. Tuesday inside the resort’s Corp Circle in Terminal 1.

They haven’t launched some other data, citing their ongoing investigation.

Cheyanne Majenty, who’s with Hualapai Emergency Operations, mentioned the resort was open and absolutely operational Wednesday after being closed following Tuesday’s deadly rollover.

John MacDonald, a spokesman for the tribe, mentioned the one that died was a lady however he didn’t have her title, age or hometown but.

Eight of the 57 individuals aboard the bus have been flown to a Las Vegas hospital and reported to be in truthful situation Tuesday evening. Nonetheless, MacDonald didn’t have any names or updates Wednesday.

The Hualapai Nation Police Division is investigating the rollover, however the Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned it’s not doing so “right now.”

Grand Canyon West is in northern Mohave County on the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s run by the tribe however has no operational ties to Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, which is managed by the Nationwide Park Service.

Skywalk, which opened as a vacationer attraction in 2007, is a 10-foot (3-meter) large, horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway on the sting of a aspect canyon in Grand Canyon West.