Arizona Department
of Public Safety spokesman Quentin Mehr said that the fatalities were
passengers in the van. None of the bus occupants were uninjured. There were no
players on the bus.
"All on the bus
came through OK with some bumps and bruises," Cowboys spokesman Rich
Dalrymple said in an email.
Dalrymple said the
bus was only carrying members of the franchise's staff but would not say how
many. There were no players on board.
The two vehicles
collided in the afternoon on U.S. 93, about 30 miles north of the city of
Kingman, according to DPS.
The crash shut down
at least one lane of the highway that serves as the main route between Phoenix
and Las Vegas.
The bus was on its
way to a Dallas Cowboys fan event in Las Vegas. Charles Cooper, manager of
GameWorks entertainment center in Vegas, said the session with 50 to 75 fans
was scheduled for 3 p.m. PDT. People were already waiting when the president of
a Las Vegas Cowboys fan club called to relay news of the accident.
The event was
subsequently canceled. Cooper says the team mascot was supposed to appear.
After the Las Vegas
stop, the bus was scheduled to go on to Oxnard, California for the team's
training camp.
Members of the
organization typically take a bus two weeks before the camp starts and make
stops along the way.
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