All five people killed in a tour bus crash in upstate New York on Friday afternoon have been identified, authorities said Saturday.

The victims include a Columbia University student, three New Jersey residents and one Indian national, according to New York State Police.

They were identified as 22-year-old Xie Hongzhuo, a Columbia student originally from Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, and Jian Mingli, 56, both of Jersey City; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, N.J.; and Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhubani, India.

The 2005 Van Hool bus was traveling back from Niagara Falls to New York City on Interstate 90 when it rolled over after hitting a median and wound up in a ditch on the side of the road.

The collision — which occurred just before 1 p.m., between exits 48A and 49

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