Multiple people have been reported de.ad after a tour bus crashed on the New York State Thruway in western New York
Police said the group was returning from Niagara Falls on the US-Canada border to New York City when witnesses saw the vehicle lose control and turn over.
Most of the victims are from India, China and the Philippines, according to police.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said local officials “are working to rescue and provide assistance to everyone involved”.
Ambulances and medical helicopters were sent to the crash site, near the town of Pembroke, 30 miles (48km) east of the city of Buffalo.
“As we’re progressing through this, we’re losing more people unfortunately,” the trooper told reporters, adding: “Most people on the bus did not have a seatbelt on.”
Some victims were thrown from the vehicle when it crashed, the trooper added.
Several people are still believed to be trapped inside the wreckage.
According to police, there were 52 people on board at the time of the crash.
The bus was heading eastbound and lost control, veering into the median and then into a ditch, according police.
Officials said that “multiple people are de..ad” and that there are “multiple entrapments, and multiple injuries”. Authorities have yet to release the total number of fatalities.
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