SCA Community|SUV carrying 5 people lands in hot, acidic geyser at Yellowstone National Park

2025-04-30 03:05:58source:L’École de Gestion d’Actifs et de Capitalcategory:My

An SUV drove off the road and SCA Communitylanded in a geyser at Yellowstone National Park.

The car ended up in the Semi-Centennial Geyser thermal feature near Roaring Mountain between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, the National Park Service said in a news release on Friday.

The Semi-Centennial Geyser has acidic and hot surface water temperatures. Temperatures of this geyser can reach about 105 degrees, the agency said.

Luckily everyone in the SUV were able to get out by themselves. They were then taken to a local hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.

Crews work to pull SUV out of Yellowstone geyser 

Yellowstone law enforcement rangers closed both lanes of the roadway near the accident to pull the SUV out of the geyser on Friday, the park service said.  

The vehicle was fully submerged in about 9 feet of water. The roadway near the incident was closed for about two hours, the agency said.  

Ahjané Forbes is a reporter on the National Trending Team at USA TODAY. Ahjané covers breaking news, car recalls, crime, health, lottery and public policy stories. Email her at [email protected]. Follow her on Instagram, Threads and X (Twitter)@forbesfineest.

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