州警方称，一辆载有来自纽约长岛的高中生的巴士在前往宾夕法尼亚州乐队营地的途中坠毁，造成至少两名成人死亡。
官员说，在纽约市以北约60英里的奥兰治县，数十人在周四的翻车事故中受伤。
据州警方发言人说，截至周四晚上，至少有五名儿童处于危急状态。
一辆公共汽车在纽约奥兰治县翻车并坠毁。
纽约州州长凯西·霍切尔说，这辆载有法明戴尔高中学生的巴士在下午1点12分左右侧翻，滑出84号州际公路，坠入50英尺高的峡谷。
两名成年乘客，77岁的纽约法明代尔的比阿特丽斯·费拉拉和43岁的马萨波夸的吉娜·佩拉蒂埃遇难，州警方官员说。
“今晚有很多家庭需要爱。我们从2000万纽约人那里延伸出来，”州长说。
Pellettiere在其网站上被列为该校的乐队总监。根据学校网站，她是拿骚全郡第五区交响乐团的主席多年，也是拿骚和萨福克全郡音乐节的客座指挥。
州长和调查人员说，前轮胎故障是事故的一个因素。调查仍在进行中。
据该州警方称，车上共有40名学生和4名成人。
Hochul说，第一批救援人员花了45分钟才把所有受害者救出峡谷。
“这些高中生，其中许多是大一新生，被这种混乱包围着，但他们忍了下来。他们很坚强，”她说。
法明戴尔学区官员在现场，该区说。
该地区说，学校前往营地的其他五辆巴士返回了法明戴尔，但在途中停下来，让学生有机会与悲伤辅导员见面。
美国国家运输安全委员会表示，将派出一个小组调查此次事故。该机构称，NTSB调查人员定于周五抵达。
法明代尔居民唐娜·巴尔奇告诉WABC，她的侄女就在返回的一辆巴士上。Baltch也是Farmingdale高中10年级学生的家长，她说她和其他家长花了一下午时间试图找出发生了什么，并相互支持。
“这些可怜的孩子，这些孩子将在他们的余生受到创伤，”巴尔奇告诉WABC。“所有的家庭，我们总是，总是为了彼此走到一起。我不在乎是不是凌晨3点，我会陪在这些孩子身边。”
2 killed when bus carrying high schoolers crashes on way to band camp
New York, crashed while heading to band camp in Pennsylvania, state police said.
Dozens were hurt in Thursday's rollover accident in Orange County, which is about 60 miles north of New York City, officials said.
At least five children were in critical condition as of Thursday evening, according to a state police spokesman.
The bus, carrying students from Farmingdale High School, rolled over and slid off Interstate 84 down into a 50-foot ravine around 1:12 p.m., New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
The two adult passengers, identified as Beatrice Ferrara, 77, from Farmingdale, New York and Gina Pellettiere, 43, of Massapequa, were killed, state police officials said.
"There's a lot of families that need some love tonight. And we extend that from 20 million New Yorkers," the governor said.
Pellettiere was listed as the school's Director of Bands on its website. She was the chairperson of the Nassau All-County Division 5 Symphonic Band for many years, as well as guest conductor for both Nassau and Suffolk All-County Festivals, according to the school's website.
A faulty front tire was a factor in the crash, the governor and investigators said. The investigation is ongoing.
A total of 40 students and four adults were aboard the bus, according to the state police.
Hochul said that it took 45 minutes for first responders to get all of the victims out of the ravine.
"These high school students, many of them freshmen, were surrounded by this chaos, but they endured. They were strong," she said.
Farmingdale School District officials were at the scene, the district said.
Five other buses from the school that were traveling to the camp returned to Farmingdale, but made a stop on the way to give students the chance to meet with grief counselors, the district said.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to investigate the crash. The NTSB investigators are slated to arrive Friday, the agency said.
Donna Baltch, a Farmingdale resident, told WABC that her niece was on one of the buses that returned back. Baltch is also the parent of a Farmingdale High School 10th grader, said she and other parents spent the afternoon trying to figure out what happened and support each other.
"These poor kids, these kids are going to be traumatized for the rest of their lives," Baltch told WABC. "All the families, we always, always come together for each other. I don't care if it's 3 o'clock in the morning, I will be there for these kids."
