New York, March 13: A Tour bus accident in New York has left 13 people dead.
A New York Fire Department spokesman says a tour bus overturned on the New England Thruway in the Bronx near the Westchester County line at about 9.30pm (AEDT) today.
The Worldwide Tour bus skidded on its side into a sign pole on the southbound side of Interstate 95 at Exit 14 for the Hutchinson Parkway. The sign post sheared off the top of the bus along the window line, nearly two-thirds the length of the vehicle.
The spokesman says the bus was carrying 31 to 33 passengers. He says in addition to the fatalities, six passengers were critically injured.
The spokesman says 11 others sustained minor injuries.
——-Agencies