New York State Police have released the names of the five people killed in Friday's bus crash on the New York State Thruway as well as the name of the bus operator.

Shankar Kumar Jha, 65 of Madhu Bani, India, Pinki Changrani, 60 of East Brunswick NJ, Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22 of Beijing, China, Zhang Xiaolan, 55 of Jersey City, NJ and Jian Mingli, 56 of Jersey City, NJ died in the incident.

Bin Shao, 55 of Flushing, NY was operating the vehicle and had no signs of impairment, according to state police.

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What happened?

Just before Exit 48A on the Thruway at approximately 12:22 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22, the operator of a 2005 Van Wool Bus and Coach tour bus owned by M&Y Tour, Inc. out of Staten Island is believed to have become distracted, lost contro

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