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Six people were killed and three injured when a highway bus and a freight truck collided Saturday morning in upstate New York, officials said.
New York State Police responded to a collision between a bus and a Freightliner box truck on State Route 37 in the town of Louisville near the U.S.-Canada border around 6 a.m. Eastern time. Press release from an agency.
One person was seriously injured in the accident, and two people on the express bus were seriously injured, state police said. Victims were taken to multiple hospitals, according to a release.
There were 16 people in the vehicle, 15 in the express bus and one in the truck, according to Matthew Denner, director of emergency services for St. Lawrence County.
“The facts regarding the cause of this accident are unknown at this time,” Randolph P. Ryerson, a spokesman for Penske, the truck rental company involved, told CNN in a statement.
“We do not yet have specific information about the rental vehicle involved in the incident or who was driving the rental vehicle at the time of the incident,” Ryerson added.
National Transportation Safety Board announced We are setting up a team of six members to conduct fatal crash safety studies.
Mayor Mike Zagrovelny of Waddington, a town near the crash site, thanked first responders from across the county for their help. Post to Facebook Saturday.