4 dead in Cowboys bus crash were Chinese nationals, Arizona DPS reports
The four people killed Sunday when their van was hit by a Dallas Cowboys bus in Arizona have been identified as Chinese nationals, the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday.
The southbound van failed to yield at a stop sign and was hit by the northbound Cowboys bus on U.S. 93 north of Kingman, Ariz., according to a DPS news release.
No one on the Cowboys bus, which carried three staff members and a driver, was badly injured.
The van driver was a 52-year-old man; two passengers were 52-year-old women and one was a 19-year-old woman, the release said. Their names were not released because their next of kin had not been notified by Tuesday morning.
All wore seatbelts.
The crash was reported at 1:39 p.m. Sunday. The van was southbound on U.S. 93 when it turned left across traffic lanes to get to another road. The northbound bus hit the van, and both ran off the road, investigators reported.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones issued a statement Monday: “An accident involving loss of life is tragic. We as an organization are deeply saddened, and our thoughts, prayers and concerns at this time are with the family members and loved ones of all who were lost.”
The bus was headed to Las Vegas for a meet-and-greet at GameWorks and then was going to Cowboys training camp headquarters in Oxnard, Calif.
The team staff members on board were writer Mickey Spagnola, team mascot Rowdy (Foster Naylor), videographer Jacob Walraven and the bus driver, Emory Tyler. Spagnola has been documenting the annual bus tour on the Cowboys’ website.
