At least five people are dead and several are trapped after a tour bus carrying 54 passengers crashed in New York.
The vehicle was returning from Niagara Falls, a major tourist destination on the US-Canada border, when it collided with a truck and lost control on I-90 near Pembroke.
Eyewitnesses saw the bus crossing to the other shoulder and overturning.
Some people were thrown as windows shattered about 30 miles east of Buffalo.
At least one child is among the fatalities and it is believed most did not have on seatbelts.
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Trooper James O'Callahan, from New York State Police, said: “At this time we have multiple fatalities, multiple entrapments and multiple injuries.”
Several ambulances and medical helicopters transported patients from the crash.
O’Callahan said most people on the bus were Indian, Chinese and Philippine.The driver survived.
He said: “The bus was traveling eastbound right before the Pembroke exit and for unknown reasons the vehicle lost control, went into the median, overcorrected and ended up in the ditch, which would be on the right side of the roadway.”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she’s been briefed on the “tragic tour bus accident”.
“My team is coordinating closely with [state police] and local officials who are working to rescue and provide assistance to everyone involved," she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
