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20 injured when Greyhound bus crashes in central Utah

All injuries were considered survivable, according to authorities.

Dozens of people were rushed to hospitals after a Greyhound bus traveling from Green River to Las Vegas crashed in Emery County late Monday.

According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, the bus was westbound on Interstate 70 near mile marker 112 shortly before midnight when it veered off the side of the road, traveled about 100 yards and overturned. There were about 37 passengers on the bus, along with its driver.

(Utah Department of Public Safety) A Greyhound bus veered off I-70 and crashed, injuring about 20 passengers.

Ambulances from Carbon, Emery, Wayne, Sevier, and Sanpete Counties transported about 20 people to hospitals, authorities said. Injuries ranged from minor to serious, but none appeared to be life-threatening.

Uninjured passengers were taken to a church in the town of Emery.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.