Overview

• Authorities said the coach was carrying roughly 51 to 54 passengers bound for New York City when it crashed near Pembroke, east of Buffalo.
• Most passengers were of Indian, Chinese, or Filipino origin, and translators were deployed to assist victims at the scene.
• State police reported the bus went into the median before ending up in a roadside ditch, with many people ejected as seat belts were widely unused.
• The driver survived and was interviewed by police, and an NYSP official told AFP that mechanical failure or intoxication appeared unlikely.
• Multiple ambulances and eight medical helicopters transported the injured to area hospitals, with ECMC receiving at least eight patients and 21 adults reported at Erie County’s hospital; AFP and NBC reported no children among the dead.