Overview

• The bus was carrying about 50 to 51 passengers, including women and children, traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City.
• State police reported multiple fatalities along with serious injuries, entrapments, and numerous ejections as windows shattered.
• The driver survived and is cooperating with investigators, who say the precise cause of the loss of control remains under investigation.
• Ambulances and at least six medical helicopters, including three from Mercy Flight, transported patients to area hospitals, with Erie County Medical Center receiving at least eight.
• Translators were requested because most passengers were of Indian, Chinese, and Filipino origin, and a lengthy stretch of the New York State Thruway was closed in both directions.