A tour bus touring again from a visit to Niagara Falls overturned in Upstate New York on Friday, killing a number of folks and injuring dozens of others, a few of whom grew to become trapped or ejected, police stated.
A minimum of 4 folks had been killed within the crash, regulation enforcement sources advised ABC Information, amid the continuing rescue response.
A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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The “critical crash” occurred on Interstate 90 in Pembroke, close to Buffalo, in accordance with New York State Police. Photographs from the scene confirmed the bus on its facet in a ditch and a big emergency response, together with a number of medical helicopters.
“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 stated throughout a press briefing on Friday.
A bus crashed on I-90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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A number of folks had been ejected or trapped within the crash, O’Callaghan stated, as rescue operations had been nonetheless underway.
Virtually all the greater than 50 individuals who had been on the bus suffered accidents together with cuts, bruises and abrasions, he stated.
The fatalities embody at the least one little one, O’Callaghan stated.
Police initially stated the collision additionally concerned a semi-truck, although later stated the bus was the one car concerned.
The bus was touring again to New York Metropolis after visiting Niagara falls, with 52 folks, together with the motive force, on board, police stated. A lot of the passengers had been Indian, Chinese language or Filipino, in accordance with O’Callaghan. The motive force survived and is “alive and properly,” O’Callaghan stated.
Two dozen sufferers had been transferred to Erie County Medical Heart, with head accidents, extremity fractures and different accidents, medical doctors with the hospital stated. All are anticipated to get well.
Kaleida Well being, which operates a number of hospitals within the space, stated it obtained 20 sufferers whole, together with three to Oishei Kids’s Hospital. One of many youngsters stays in critical situation, it stated.
One other three sufferers had been despatched to Robust Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokesperson advised ABC Information.
A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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A bus crashed on I90 close to Pembroke, NY, on Aug. 22, 2025.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stated she has been “briefed on the tragic tour bus accident” and {that a} rescue was underway.
“My workforce is coordinating intently with @nyspolice and native officers who’re working to rescue and supply help to everybody concerned,” she stated in a assertion on X earlier Friday.
All lanes on the thruway at Pembroke had been closed within the wake of the crash, which occurred eastbound on I-90. The westbound lanes have since reopened.
“Anticipate heavy delays and alternate routes of journey,” New York State Police stated.
The view of I-90 at Interchange 48A in Pembroke folllowing a crash on Aug. 22, 2025.
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