BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The five people who were killed in a tour bus crash in Pembroke on Friday have been identified by New York State Police.

The deceased include a Columbia University student from China, three people from New Jersey, and one from India.

Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing, China, Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City, N.J., Jian Mingli, 56, also of Jersey City, Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, N.J. and Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India, were killed.

The crash occurred near Exit 48A eastbound on I-90 around 12:40 p.m. Friday afternoon. It is believed that the driver of a M & Y Tour Inc. tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City got distracted, swerved, and overcorrected, police said. The bus hit the median and rolled over into a ditch.

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