A crash in upstate New York involving a tourist bus on its way back from a trip to Niagara Falls has caused multiple fatalities and passengers were still trapped in the wreckage, according to law enforcement.
The tour bus had about 50 passengers onboard, heading to New York City from the famous falls on the US-Canada border, when it crashed between Buffalo and Rochester on the I-90 close to the Pembroke exit on the interstate.
New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, called the crash tragic. A tractor trailer was also involved and the number of victims has yet to be confirmed.
New York state trooper James O’Callaghan on Friday said the tourists were chiefly of Indian, Chinese and Filipino origin, and officials were trying to get interpreters to the scene.
The interstate highway was blocked and O’Callaghan said there were multiple entrapments and people were being taken to local hospitals. The driver has survived.
More details soon …
