Multiple people have died after a tour bus crashed on the New York State Thruway in western New York, according to New York State Police.

Five passengers aboard a tourist bus were killed Friday when their driver got distracted and crashed on a New York state highway, police said.The wreck happened 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Buffalo as the tourists headed back to New York City after visiting Niagara Falls.

A Niagara Falls to New York City tour bus carrying 54 passengers overturned on Interstate 90 near Pembroke, New York, on August 22, 2025, killing five adults and injuring over 40 people. The driver became distracted, lost control, and rolled the bus onto its side.