Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

Utah IDs Japanese passengers in fatal bus crash

The Utah Highway Patrol has identified most members of the Japanese tour group who were killed or injured in a bus crash Monday evening in southern Utah.

Troopers say Hiroki Hayase, 20, of Osaka, was one of the men killed in the rollover.

Authorities were withholding the names of two other passengers who were killed -- a 38-year-old man and 40-year-old woman, both from Tokyo -- pending notification to their families.

The names of 11 other passengers and their condition at hospitals in Salt Lake City or Cedar City are:

_ Tomoko Mizutani, 27, a woman taken to University of Utah Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Emiko Mizutani, 27, a woman taken to University of Utah Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Masato Hisano, 29, a man taken to Valley View Medical Center in stable condition.

_ Yuki Yoshita, 30, a woman taken to Valley View Medical Center in stable condition.

_ Hideo Hayase, 52, a man taken to Valley View Medical Center in serious condition.

_ Akemi Hayase, 46, a woman taken to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Mariko Hayase, 14, a girl taken to Primary Children Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Kei Maeda, 29, a man taken to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Mai Hatta, 29, a woman taken to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition.

_ Yasuko Aizaki, 53, a woman taken to Valley View Medical Center in stable condition.

_ Yoichi Aizuki, 60, a man taken to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition.

No hometowns were provided for the bus passengers who were injured.

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