Multiple passengers killed in Niagara Falls tour bus crash

A tour bus returning to New York from Niagara Falls with 51 passengers crashed and rolled over on Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people, police said.

The bus apparently lost control on I-90 near Pembroke, about 40km (25 miles) east of Buffalo. People inside were ejected as the windows shattered.

“At this time we have multiple fatalities, multiple entrapments and multiple injuries,” said Trooper James O’Callaghan, a spokesperson for the New York State Police.

Several ambulances and medical helicopters transported people from the crash. O’Callaghan said most passengers were Indian, Chinese and Filipino, and translators were being brought to the scene.

The bus was travelling eastbound when it went into the median and then ended up in a ditch on the right side of the road, O’Callaghan said.

“The driver is alive and well,” he said. “We’re working with him. We believe we have a good idea of what happened, why the bus lost control.”