Multiple fatalities reported in tourist bus crash in New York state | New York
According to law enforcement officers, an accident with a tourist bus in New York in New York returned from a trip to the Niagara Waterfall, and the passengers stuck in the wreck in the afternoon.
Authorities, at least one child is among the dead, he said.
The accident occurred in the Interstate 90 near Pembroke, about 25 miles (40 km) from Buffalo. Authorities did not say what caused the wreckage.
Photographs from the witnesses, emergency teams and medical helicopters victims of the hospitals in the rush to the hospitals showed that the bus bent side to side.
Powell Stephens from Medina said, “There were glass and people all over the road,” he said. Buffalo News After passing the stage. “All the windows were shattered.”
When the tour bus falls between Buffalo and Rochester in the I-90, which is close to the Pembroke output in Interstate, it goes to New York, one of the famous waterfalls on the US-Canada border.
A tractor trailer was also included and the number of victims has not yet been approved.
New York State Trooper James O’Callaghan said that on Friday, tourists are mainly of Indian, China and Philippine origin, and that the authorities were trying to get an interpreter to the scene. O’Callaghan said to the journalists at the scene, “the bus rolled.”
“There was more than one ejection,” he said. “More than one person was trapped and there is more than one death, and that includes children.” He added that most people on the bus are not a seat belt.
The inter -state highway was blocked and O’Callaghan said there were more than one trap and that people were taken to local hospitals. The driver survived.
Regional Air Ambulance Service Mercy Flight confirmed that three of the helicopter carried the victims of accidents to hospitals. Eriie District Medical Center (ECMC), although the total number of injuries has not been released immediately, local time at 14:10 at least eight patients reported.
“This is a very active scene, Fer Ferrentino told Associated Press. “We are praying for the victims right now.”
The New York Province Thruway Authority announced that a significant portion of the highway has been closed in both directions. Authorities urged drivers to avoid the region.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote that he was updated on the “tragic tour bus accident ve and coordinated his office with law enforcement and local agencies.
Chief Public Prosecutor Letitia James published In X: “This bus accident is heartbreaking and praying for everyone [affected]. I am grateful to our first respondents on the stage that works to save and help people. “
