A tour bus touring again from a visit to Niagara Falls rolled over and crashed in Upstate New York on Friday, killing a number of folks and injuring dozens of others, a few of whom turned trapped or ejected, police mentioned.
The “severe crash” occurred on Interstate 90 in Pembroke, close to Buffalo, in line with New York State Police. Photographs from the scene confirmed the bus on its aspect in a ditch and a big emergency response.
“The bus was touring eastbound, proper earlier than the Pembroke exit, and for unknown causes, the car misplaced management, went into the median, over-corrected, and ended up within the ditch,” New York State Police Trooper James O’Callaghan mentioned throughout a press briefing on Friday.
A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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Nearly all the greater than 50 individuals who had been on the bus suffered accidents together with cuts, bruises and abrasions, O’Callaghan mentioned. A number of folks had been ejected or trapped within the crash, he mentioned, with rescue operations nonetheless underway.
Police mentioned a number of folks died, together with at the least one baby, although they didn’t say what number of. The precise variety of folks on board remains to be being decided, O’Callaghan mentioned.
Police initially mentioned the collision additionally concerned a semi-truck, although later mentioned the bus was the one car concerned.
The bus was believed to have been touring again to New York Metropolis after visiting Niagara falls, in line with O’Callaghan. Most people on board had been Indian, Chinese language or Filipino, he mentioned. The driving force survived and is “alive and nicely,” O’Callaghan mentioned.
A minimum of 16 sufferers have been transferred to Erie County Medical Middle, a hospital spokesperson advised ABC Information.
A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned she has been “briefed on the tragic tour bus accident” and {that a} rescue was underway.
“My group is coordinating intently with @nyspolice and native officers who’re working to rescue and supply help to everybody concerned,” she mentioned in a statement on X earlier Friday.
All lanes on the thruway at Pembroke had been closed as a result of crash.
“Anticipate heavy delays and alternate routes of journey,” New York State Police mentioned.
The view of I-90 at Interchange 48A in Pembroke folllowing a crash on Aug. 22, 2025.
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