India, Aug. 24 -- A 65-year-old Indian man was among five people who lost their lives in a tour bus crash in western New York that was carrying 54 passengers on Friday.

Apart from Indian tourists, the bus also had passengers from China and the Philippines as well.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the New York State Police identified the victims as Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhubani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Xie Hongzhuo, 22, a Columbia University student from Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City, New Jersey; and Jian Mingli, 56, also of Jersey City.

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