A tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City crashed on a highway outside Buffalo on Friday, killing multiple passengers, including at least one child, and leaving some people trapped beneath the vehicle, officials said.

The crash occurred on the New York State Thruway about 30 miles east of Buffalo, when the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle as it traveled at “full speed,” said Trooper James O’Callaghan, a spokesperson for the New York State Police.

Every passenger on the bus had at least some sort of “cut, bruise or abrasion as an injury,” he said. The state police said that the bus had originally been chartered in New York City and that a manifest provided by the bus company said that 52 people, including the driver, were on the bus when it crashed.

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