Dozens injured after tour bus crashes on NY Thruway
Credit: New York State Police
NEW YORK - A tour bus crash bound for Niagara Falls ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over in central New York, sending over 50 people to the hospital on Saturday.
According to the New York State Police, at around 12:40 p.m. the bus was driving on the New York State Thruway near exit 40 (Weedsport) in the town of Brutus in Cayuga County, near Syracuse, when it ran off the road and rolled over onto the grassy shoulder.
Credit: New York State Police
Some 57 people were aboard, and all were taken to hospitals for injuries ranging from minor to serious, state police said.
It's unclear why the bus veered off the road, troopers said in a news release. Police photos showed papers and other items strewn around the white bus as it rested on the road shoulder.
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Authorities said that the driver of the JTR Transportation bus has been identified as Fermin Vasquez, 66, of Wingdale, New York. JTR is based out of Poughkeepsie, New York. State police said Vasquez was among those taken to a hospital but didn't elaborate on Vasquez's injuries.
The bus was headed to Niagara Falls from Poughkeepsie in the Hudson Valley, local reports said.
With the Associated Press.