US school bus crash: 2 killed, several students injured in New York
US bus crash: Two adults were killed and multiple students were injured on Thursday (local time) after a bus carrying them “tumbled down a 50-foot ravine" on Interstate 84 in Orange County in New York.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that the authorities responded to the accident at about 1:12 pm (local time) on Thursday. She stated that the students with the help of first responders and rescuers were removed from the bus and brought to safety. She called Thursday “a day of terror” and said the state was grieving the tragedy.
"With the help of first responders and rescuers, the students were removed from the bus and brought to safety within 45 minutes," the governor added.
The commercial bus was carrying 40 students from Farmingdale High School and four adults, Lt Colonel Richard L Mazzone of the New York State Police said in a news conference, sources reported.
Mazzone said, "Preliminary information indicates a failure of a front tire may have been a contributing factor to this accident,” adding that an investigation remains ongoing.
Farmingdale High School spokesperson Jake Mendlinger said that the bus was heading to Greeley, Pennsylvania for band camp. According to the Farmingdale School District, the bus was one of six heading to a band camp event in Pennsylvania.
Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus in a statement said that their thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the bus crash and their families, sources reported.
- ANI
