Accounts differ regarding the specific details of recent tour bus crashes in New York. One report states that two people were killed in a crash on the Long Island Expressway, while other reports describe separate incidents on the New York State Thruway with higher casualty counts. According to keyt.com, at least four people died in a tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, east of Buffalo. Another account from the same outlet reported five deaths in a similar incident on the same highway.

The Long Island Expressway crash involved a coach bus striking a vehicle and triggering a chain collision with four other vehicles, according to the Guardian. In the New York State Thruway incidents, a tour bus overturned after the driver lost control. Multiple emergency services responded to the scene. Tourists were unaware their bus would crash shortly after leaving Niagara Falls.

The tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway resulted in at least four deaths and dozens of injuries among approximately 50 to 52 passengers, according to keyt.com. While some reports cite two fatalities on the Long Island Expressway, others attribute four or five deaths to the Thruway crashes. It remains unclear if these reports describe the same event or separate incidents.