The tourist bus He escaped his course and overturned on a large highway, in the west New York And there are many dead and injured, including children, as the state police said.
A police officer told reporters who rushed to the scene of the accident that some bus passengers remain trapped in the wreckage and that the rescue operation is ongoing in New York.
“There are many serious injuries and, as the police have just announced, many dead,” Mark Polecarca, a County County official, told X. Some of the passengers were ejected by the vehicle when it was overthrown.
Most of the passengers are Indians, Philippines or Chinese. The bus returned from Niagara waterfalls, and police believe they were heading to the city of New York, said state police spokesman James O’Kalahan, speaking on local television networks.
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According to Foxnews at least one child is among the dead.
For unknown reasons, before the firing of the Fifrook, the driver lost control “and the vehicle ended in the ditch”. No other car involved in the accident.
Many ambulances and helicopters have been in a hurry to transport the injured. Authorities closed the highway in both directions, causing huge traffic jams, starting one of the last weekends of summer vacations.
BREAKING: Tour bus with over 50 people overturns in upstate New York, at least one child killed, officials say pic.twitter.com/eVan5c3d1i
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NY tour bus crashes, leaving several dead and injured on trip back from Niagara Falls https://t.co/hw9M61TfeL pic.twitter.com/z97tSE9JRQ
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The accident took place in the 90’s, which is part of the New York Motorway, in Ferrook, about 40 kilometers east of Buffalo.