After five people were killed and dozens were injured in a tour bus crash in Western New York Aug. 22, national attention has turned to the tour bus company that chartered the vehicle.
State Police said a tour bus owned and operated by Staten Island-based M&Y Tours was traveling back to New York City from a day of sightseeing in Niagara Falls when it veered off the road and rolled multiple times, killing five and injuring dozens.
Who is M&Y Tours?
According to public records, M&Y tours is an interstate passenger tour bus company located in the Bay Terrace neighborhood of Staten Island.
The bus company operates nine charter buses and employs 20 drivers. According to state documents, the owner and corporate officer of the company is listed as Dewen Su, of Staten Island.
While the company does not have a website immediately available, the tour company appears to have been in operation since 2012.
According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, M&Y Tours received a “satisfactory” safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in September 2024 after the company “failed one-fifth of all safety vehicle inspections” and passed 59 out of 60 driver inspections since 2023.
The Aug. 22 fatal bus crash appeared to be the only crash documented from the company in the last two years.
Where did the tour bus crash?
Officials have not yet released the identity of the bus driver, but State Police Troop T Major Andre Ray said the bus did not have a mechanical failure and the driver was not impaired by drugs or alcohol.
However, Ray said the driver was “distracted,” veered off the road on I-90 near Pembroke in Genesee County and he tried to regain control.
M&Y Tours could not be reached for comment at the time of this article.
How many dead in NY bus crash?
The bus rolled over several times at 12:22 p.m., trapping two employees and 52 passengers between the ages of 1 and 74. Five people were killed. None of the five people who were killed were children.
Several bus passengers remain hospitalized following the crash in Buffalo and Rochester area hospitals, but some have been discharged as of 11 a.m. Saturday.
The New York State Thruway reopened to full traffic at 8:22 p.m. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The Red Cross has established a Family Assistance Center for the victims at the Amherst Senior Center, 370 John James Audubon Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14228. (716)-626-3050.
This story may be updated.
— Alexandra Rivera is a Breaking/Trending News reporter for the Westchester/Rockland Journal News.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: What is M&Y Tours? What we know about bus company involved in Thruway crash
Reporting by Alexandra Rivera, Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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