Six people dead and three injured in ‘gruesome’ crash in upstate New York

Six people were killed and three were left injured on Saturday when a bus collided head-on with a freight truck in upstate New York.

The accident took place on State Highway 37 in Louisville, a town just south of the United Canadian border, at about 6am.

There were 15 people on the bus and one person in the truck. The highway was shut down for twelve hours as police investigated the accident, which they described as ‘gruesome.’

As of yesterday one of the injured was in critical condition, and two in serious, according to police. Cops have not said which vehicle collided with which.

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The smashed up front of the truck involved in the fatal accident Saturday in Upstate New York

The wrecked shuttle butt from Saturday’s accident. It was carrying 15 people

The truck was a Penske box truck, and was reportedly fully loaded. 

The bus appeared to be a shuttle bus and bore branding from LBFNY, a New York based solar company.

It is unclear whether the bus was actually affiliated with the LBFNY, but according to its website the company has two projects based in the area of the crash.  

According to 7NEWS, numerous people involved in the accident did not speak English.

First responders on the scene of the horrific accident in upstate New York

Police and clean up crews on the scene of the accident which killed six people Saturday

Road conditions were icy at the time of the crash, and the highway could be seen piled with tall banks of snow on either side. Visibility was also low at the time of the crash.

‘Everybody worked really good together. Everybody was on the same page. But like I said it was a very difficult scene for everyone there,’ St. Lawrence County Emergency Services Director Matt Denner said. 

‘We had ambulances from Potsdam from Canton, Ogdensburg, Norfork. We were not lacking transporting agencies or EMTS.’