PEMBROKE, N.Y. — A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 52 people crashed and rolled Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple passengers, police said.

The bus apparently lost control on Interstate 90 near Pembroke, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Buffalo. People inside were ejected as the windows shattered.

“At this time we have multiple fatalities, multiple entrapments and multiple injuries,” said Trooper James O’Callaghan, a spokesperson for the New York State Police, adding that children were on board.

The bus was traveling eastbound when it went into the median and ended up in a ditch on the right side of the road, O'Callaghan said. Most passengers were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino ethnicity, he said.

“The driver is alive and

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