Where the van in Thursday’s accident was coming from and going was unknown. Some Yellowstone roads, including the one south of Old Faithful — the park’s most famous geyser — were still closed after the snowy winter.
The highway where the accident happened south of West Yellowstone, Montana, offers a way to get between Yellowstone and Grand Teton at this time of year, before a north-south route is plowed and the park fully opens for summer.
National parks including the world’s first, Yellowstone, draw visitors from worldwide
According to the most recent data from the International Trade Administration, 36% of international visitors who arrived to the U.S. by air listed visits to national parks and national monuments as their top leisure…
