India, May 2 -- Seven people were killed after a fiery collision between a pickup truck and a tour van on an eastern Idaho highway near Yellowstone National Park, Idaho State Police said on Friday, per ABC News.

The deadly crash happened just before 7:15 pm on Thursday when a Mercedes passenger van collided with a Dodge Ram pickup on US Highway 20 near Henry's Lake State Park. Both vehicles caught fire, the Idaho State Police said in a press release, per AP.

The Idaho state park is about 16 miles (26 kilometres) west of Yellowstone National Park. Air ambulances and emergency paramedics responded to the collision, following which, the US Highway 20 was closed for nearly seven hours, but has since reopened. The cause of the horrific accid...