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1 dead, 11 injured in tour bus crash on I-87 in Upstate New York
By Mark Prussin
Updated on: January 5, 2024 / 5:39 PM EST / CBS New York
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- One person was killed and 11 others were injured in a rollover crash involving a tour bus in Upstate New York on Friday.
New York State Police responded to the crash on the southbound side of I-87 in Lake George just before 1 p.m.
There were 23 people on the Skyway Coach Line tour bus traveling from Montreal to New York City when it crashed, according to state police.
The highway was closed between Exits 23 and 22 and first responders were "performing rescue operations," Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
One person was in critical condition and 10 suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.
Police did not immediately release the name of the person who died.
Lake George is about 60 miles north of Albany, or about a four hour drive from New York City.
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Multiple people were hurt, and at least one person died, when their tour bus was involved in a rollover crash on a highway about an hour north of Albany, New York, according to state police.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the accident on I-87 between Warrensburg and Lake George happened early in the afternoon. It's not clear what caused the crash. One person was said to have been airlifted to a hospital.
New York State Police said 23 people, including the bus driver, were on board at the time. One person had serious injuries and 10 passengers were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
New York State Police and Department of Transportation crews responded and were performing rescue operations in the aftermath, Hochul said. Southbound I-87 is closed between exits 23 and 22 to assist in their efforts.
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Witness video from the scene shows a heavy emergency response. The tour bus appears flipped on its side on one of the highway banks, as crews move stretchers and debris around the shuttered lanes.
Road closures were expected to last some time.
"I join the people of New York in praying for the well-being of all involved in this horrific incident and am deeply grateful for the heroic efforts of our first responders," Hochul, a Democrat, said.
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New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, also a Democrat, echoed those sentiments and said he was "praying for everyone involved."
The tour bus operated by FlixBus was traveling from Montreal, Canada, and was headed for New York City.
The NTSB, which sent a team to New York City Friday to investigate Thursday's derailment in Manhattan , said it is monitoring the bus crash.
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Double-decker bus and city bus collide in Manhattan, sending 18 people to hospitals
NEW YORK — A crash involving a double-decker tour bus and a city bus in Manhattan Thursday evening sent 18 people to hospitals for treatment, fire and EMS officials said.
Reports of a major vehicle crash came in just after 7 p.m., Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy with the New York Fire Department’s Division 1 Unit said. Emergency personnel found what he described as a serious accident, with the larger bus adding complications.
“We’ve had a few minor challenges in the double decker bus — going through the windows, taking people out,” New York EMS Division 1 Deputy Chief Paul Hopper said.
Ladders and ropes were required to get some people down because of crash damage to the bus, Murphy said.
Many of those injured have cuts, bruises, scrapes, along with suspected fractures and head and neck injuries, Hopper said.
“None have any life-threatening injury,” said Hopper, who added that about 63 other passengers requested evaluations by a doctor who was at the scene.
Hopper and Murphy said they couldn’t speculate about what led up to the crash.
“I heard the lady next to me scream, so I looked up and I saw this bus barreling towards us,” Ishrak Jahan, a passenger on one bus, told CBS News New York. “I just saw glass everywhere for a second. It was honestly like I was in a movie ... I saw blood. I immediately called 911.”
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1 dies, 8 others seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West
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GRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. (AP) — One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving over 50 people Tuesday in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, authorities said.
The bus rolled over just before 10 a.m. Tuesday at Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, according to the tribal police department.
Grand Canyon West is run by the tribe but has no operational ties to Grand Canyon National Park, which is managed by the National Park Service.
The rollover involved 57 people; one person died and eight others were flown to hospitals. An undisclosed number of others with less critical injuries were driven for treatment, tribal emergency officials said in a statement.
The name of the person who died and details on the injured were not immediately released.
A private tour operator and a visitor’s personal vehicle collided near the Grand Canyon West parking lot, tribal officials confirmed. They declined further comment, citing their ongoing investigation.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety assisted tribal police with the crash.
Grand Canyon West is in northern Mohave County at the West Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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