Bus accident near Pembroke, in the US state of New York, Friday, August 22, 2025. Credit: Libby March / AP / Profimedia
Several people died and others are injured on Friday after a bus with about 50 passengers, who were returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, left the road and overturned in a ditch, said the US police, according to CNN.
The driver lost control for “unknown reasons”, and the bus was overturned, with several people being injured, said New York State Police spokesman, James O'Callaghan, in a press conference.
The authorities believe that among the people who died are a child, said the police representative.
At the scene of the accident, translators were also called, as most of the passengers of the bus are of Indian, Chinese and Philippine nationality, said O'callaghan.
Following the accident, several people were stuck inside, mentioned the police representative.
The authorities intervene at the scene of the accident, being in progress “many” rescue operations, he added.
The accident took place on the Interste 90 highway, near the city of Pembroke, east of Buffalo, the state police said in a statement.
The governor of New York, Kathy Hoch, described the accident as a “tragic”, in a post on the X platform, and said that the intervention teams “work to save and provide assistance to everyone involved.”
