At least five people were killed after a tourist bus crashed on a New York highway while returning from Niagara Falls. As per reports, the 54 passengers on board the bus include tourists from India.
Apart from Indian tourists, the bus also had passengers from China and the Philippines as well.
The wreck happened 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Buffalo as the tourists headed back to New York City after visiting Niagara Falls. The authorities said that the driver became distracted, leading to the crash.
“It’s believed the operator became distracted, lost control, over-corrected and ended up… over there,” AFP quoted New York state police commander Major Andre Ray as saying.
The bus had a total of 54 people on board at the time of the tragedy. Apart from the five fatalities, crash, nobody else was in a life-threatening situation, Ray told the media.
