Those killed include a Columbia University student from Beijing, Xie Hongzhuo, 21, as well as three New Jersey residents, Jian Mingli, 56 and Zhang Xiaolan, 55, from Jersey City and Pinki Changrani, 60, from East Brunswick. The other person identified is Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, from Madhubani, India.

After spending the morning taking in the breathtaking sights at Niagara Falls, a group of tourists boarded a bus to return to New York City, not knowing about an hour later, their bus would be lying on its side in the ditch off the New York State Thruway.