BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Foreign Ministry has demanded that the U.S. Embassy to China facilitate travel for the families of those killed and injured in Friday's tour bus crash near the Hoover Dam in Arizona.

An official walks by a fatal tour bus accident that left seven Chinese tourists dead on US-93 near Dolan Springs, Arizona January 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    In a statement released Sunday, the ministry confirmed that six Chinese nationals died and nine were injured, including one from Hong Kong.

    The Chinese Embassy in the United States and Consulate General in Los Angeles immediately dispatched a team assist U.S. authorities with treating the injured and investigating the accident.

    In collaboration with the Shanghai municipal government, the foreign ministry will send a task force to the United States to help deal with the accident, the statement said.

    The foreign ministry also notified the Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region government, regarding the Hong Kong residents involved in the crash.

Chinese tourists injured in Arizona bus crash in stable condition

A lightly injured Chinese man (L) is interviewed in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 31, 2009. The nine Chinese tourists injured in a deadly tour bus crash in Arizona were mostly in stable condition Saturday, according to hospital and Chinese Consulate officials. A fatal tour bus accident happened one day before left six Chinese tourists and a travel guide dead and seriously injuring 10 others on U.S. 93 highway near Dolan Springs.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    LAS VEGAS, United States, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The nine Chinese tourists injured in a deadly tour bus crash in Arizona were mostly in stable condition Saturday, according to hospital and Chinese Consulate officials. 

    A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists overturned Friday afternoon on a highway in Arizona near the Hoover Dam, killing seven people and seriously injuring 10 others, including the bus driver.  Full story

7 people confirmed dead in bus crash near Las Vegas: official

    LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Seven Chinese tourists have been killed in a tour bus accident near the Hoover Dam in Arizona, with at least seven others seriously injured, a spokesman of the Chinese Consulate here confirmed Saturday.

    The accident occurred Friday afternoon when the tour bus traveling to Las Vegas overturned on U.S. 93 highway about 40 kilometers south of the Hoover Dam, according to Chen Shijie of the Chinese Consulate. Full story