New York school bus crash: 'Faulty tyre' leaves two dead and five critically injuredTwo people have died and five others have been critically injured in a school bus crash in New York.
It appears to have been caused by a faulty front tyre, officials say, adding that an inquiry is underway.
The charter bus was taking pupils from Long Island to a band camp when it came off the road and tumbled into a ditch near the town of Wawayanda.
Officials say 44 people were on the bus. They have been taken to six regional hospitals for treatment.
The two people who died have been named as Gina Pellettiere, 43, and Beatrice Ferarri, 77.
According to the school's website, Ms Pellettiere worked in the school's music programme.
Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts, a community music club in Long Island, says on its website that she is the "director of bands" at the Farmingdale High School.
The crash happened at around 13:10 local time (18:10GMT) on Interstate 84, about two hours north of New York City. Police have closed the highway to allow work to be carried out at the crash scene.
The bus was one of six that was chartered to take some 300 pupils from the Farmingdale High School marching band to a music camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania. ................
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