Bus Crash in Genesee County, New York Claims Fourโฃ Lives
A tour bus crash inโ Pembroke, New York, on Friday, august 22, 2025, resulted in four fatalitiesโค and overโค a dozen injuries. theโ crash occurred on Interstate 90.
Authorities have identified the deceased as:
Meiโ Feng, 66, of New York, New York
โ โข Madhuโฃ Bani,โ of Madhu Bani, India
Pinki changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, โขNew Jersey
Xie Hongzhuo,โ 22, of Beijing, China. Hongzhuoโ was a studentโข at Columbia University.
Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City, New Jersey
โข โฃ Jian Mingli, 56, of Jersey City
Theโ bus driver, Bin Shao,โค 55, ofโข Flushing, Queens, New โคYork, showed no signs of impairment,โข according to state police.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing. The bus, operated by M&Y โTour Inc., was traveling eastbound โคon the interstate when it left the roadway, entered the median, and then “abruptly” corrected, overturning and rolling onto the shoulder. noโ other vehicles were involved.
“It’s believed the operator became distracted, lost control, overcorrected and ended up on the right shoulderโค there,” stated New York State Police Troop T Major โAndre โRay during a news conference.
state โคpolice have ruled out mechanical failure and driver impairment as contributing factors. โPassengers โranged in age from โข1โ to 74 andโฃ represented multiple countries, including the U.S.,China,india,the Philippines,andโฃ nations in the Middle East. No โchildren were among the deceased.
The crash caused temporary closures in both directions of the interstate.
Recent โTour Bus Crashes โin New York:
This incident is โone of several tour bus crashes in New York as 2002:
November 2024: โ 28 people were injured, one seriously, in a crash on Interstate 490 westbound in Chili. January 2024: One passenger died, one was seriously injured, andโ 10 โsustained non-life-threatening injuries in a crash on Interstate โ87 southbound in Lake George.
September 2023: Two people died in a crash involving a bus carryingโข students from Farmingdale High School toโฃ a band camp in Pennsylvania. August 2021: 57 โขpassengers were injured inโ a crash on theโ New York โฃState thruway near Syracuse.
july 2011: Two people died and โ35โ were โคinjured in a crashโข on Interstate 390 in Steuben County. June โค2002: โ Five people were killed, and the driver and 41 passengers were injured in a crash on Interstate 90 eastbound near Victor.
(Thisโฃ story has been updated to add new information.)