Bus carrying Farmingdale High School band crashes in New York's Orange County; 2 dead, multiple injuries reported
Two women were killed in the crash - a 43-year-old from Massapequa and a 77-year-old from Farmingdale.
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Two women were killed in the crash - a 43-year-old from Massapequa and a 77-year-old from Farmingdale.
Police say at least two people are dead and several others are injured after a charter bus carrying high school students crashed just north of New York City. "No one could have foreseen what these 40 students and four adults would experience, but certainly there are families grieving today," Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a news conference.
A charter bus carrying a high school marching band went down an embankment and overturned Thursday in Wawayanda, New York, leaving at least two people dead and several more hurt. Ali Bauman has the latest.
In a news conference, officials said the school bus had collided with a Honda.
Multiple people sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical, police said, adding that the bus was involved in a collision with a passenger vehicle.
None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
Police said they found during their preliminary investigations that the bus crashed into a Lexus, before hitting a Nissan and then, finally, the building.
Most of those killed were passengers on the bus, which was carrying residents of a senior center to a local casino.
It was Australia's most deadly road accident since 1994.
The exact cause of the crash was not immediately known.
An eyewitness said immediately after the crash, the driver stepped out of the bus, ripped his clothes off and started screaming.
The bus rolled onto its side after driving off the road and crashing into an embankment Monday morning, officials said.
Turkey has a poor record of road safety. Some 5,362 people were killed in traffic accidents last year, according to the government.
A local official referred to the accident's location as a "blackspot," meaning a hotspot. Early speculation centered on brake failure as the accident's cause.
Two of the passengers were in "at least serious condition," the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The bus crashed into the back of a truck that had pulled over so the driver could fix a flat tire on a desert highway.
All 27 suffered minor injuries and 12 refused to be taken to local hospitals, fire officials said.
The truck, crammed with miners and their families, was headed to the capital of West Papua province to celebrate Easter.
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The bus was in danger of falling down an embankment, authorities said.
The crash involved one tour bus, three tractor trailers and a passenger vehicle.