By Ravin Robertson
Five people died Wednesday Oct. 3, and 20 were injured when a tour bus full of elderly tourists from Ogden and Brigham City overturned on the Nebo Loop Road, northeast of Nephi, Juab County.
Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Chris Kramer said the bus veered off the right side of the winding mountain road, tipped and hit a tree before flipping over.
'Most of the passengers suffered head trauma, internal injuries, and various fractures and lacerations,' said Anton Garrity, spokesman for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.
Kramer said UHP troopers were dispatched to the scene at 12:50 p.m. The bus was on a sightseeing tour of Mt. Nebo.
Initial investigations suggest equipment failure played a role in the accident, Kramer said.
Senior Friends of Ogden had arranged the tour and chartered the bus from Donna''s Tours of West Valley.