Multiple tourists were killed and others injured Friday when a bus carrying more than 50 sightseers home from a visit to Niagara Falls crashed in New York state, officials said.

Police said many of the passengers heading back to New York City were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino descent.

State police spokesman James O'Callaghan told reporters the bus had traveled to Niagara Falls, on the border with Canada, for the day and was heading home when the accident took place east of Buffalo.

"For unknown reasons, the vehicle lost control, went into the median, overcorrected and ended up in the ditch," O'Callaghan said.

"This bus was going full speed. It did not hit any other vehicle."

The police spokesman said people were still trapped in the wreckage, while others were ejected on impact. Im

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