Syracuse, NY : 26 passengers injured in tour bus crash on Interstate 81 near Syracuse early Thursday, November 6, 2014

A crash on a Syracuse-area interstate involving a New York City-bound tour bus, a tractor-trailer and a car has left 27 people injured. Local media report that the accident occurred at 2:45 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Nedrow, just south of Syracuse. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office says 52 people were on board a Adirondack Trailways-Pine Hill bus traveling from Toronto to New York City. Officials say there are no fatalities. The bus driver is in serious condition at a Syracuse hospital. Twenty-six of the passengers sustained minor injuries. Onondaga County sheriff’s detective Jon Seeber told The Post-Standard that the injured passengers suffered largely lower body injuries, as well as complaints of head and neck pain. The sheriff’s office says the tractor-trailer pulled over to help the driver of car that had crashed just before the bus struck both vehicles. Police say the car driver has been charged with driving while intoxicated. I-81’s southbound lanes were closed until shortly before 5:30 a.m. Source : Tour bus travelling from Toronto crashes into tractor-trailer on New York highway, injuring 27 people