5 killed in tour bus crash in New York
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A rescue operation is underway following a collision involving a tour bus in Upstate New York on Friday, officials said. The crash occurred on Interstate 90 in Pembroke, near Buffalo, according to New York State Police. Images from the scene showed the bus on its side.
M&Y Tour has a “satisfactory” safety rating and no record of accidents or fatalities over the past two years, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Officials inspected the company’s buses and drivers 60 times over the past two years, the agency said.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The tour bus company involved in Friday’s fatal crash in Upstate New York, which killed five and injured dozens, is registered on Staten Island.
On Jan. 5, 2024, a tour bus traveling through upstate New York from Montreal, Canada rolled over on Interstate 87 southbound in Lake George, resulting in the death of one passenger, a passenger with serious injuries and 10 passengers with non-life threatening injuries.