6 dead, 3 injured in crash between bus and box truck in upstate New York - CNN

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Six radical died and 3 others were injured successful a clang involving an explicit autobus and a freight motortruck successful upstate New York Saturday morning, according to authorities.

New York State Police responded to a collision betwixt the autobus and the Freightliner container motortruck astir 6 a.m. ET connected State Highway 37 successful Louisville, a municipality adjacent the US-Canada border, according to a press release from the agency.

The clang near 1 idiosyncratic successful captious information and earnestly injured 2 radical who were connected the explicit bus, authorities constabulary said. Victims were transported to respective hospitals, according to the release.

It is unclear however galore radical were connected committee the vehicles oregon wherever they were headed erstwhile the deadly clang happened.

“The facts astir the origin of this mishap are chartless astatine this time,” spokesperson Randolph P. Ryerson for Penske, the rental institution for the motortruck involved, told CNN successful a statement.

“We bash not yet person circumstantial accusation astir the rental conveyance progressive oregon accusation astir who was driving the rental conveyance astatine the clip of the incident,” Ryerson added.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced it is launching a six subordinate squad to behaviour a information probe into the fatal collision.

Mayor Mike Zagrobelny of Waddington, a municipality adjacent the country of the accident, thanked archetypal responders from astir the region who assisted successful a post connected Facebook Saturday.