New York State Police said in a news release on Saturday that Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhubani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City, New Jersey; and Jian Mingli, 56, of Jersey City, died in the crash.

A chartered tour bus on the way to New York City from Niagara Falls crashed on Interstate 90 in Pembroke, New York on Friday afternoon.

The self-driving car company received a permit to begin testing a limited number of autonomous vehicles in parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.

Alphabet's robotaxi unit Waymo has received its first permit to begin testing its autonomous vehicles in New York City with a trained specialist behind the wheel, helping the company advance its self-driving ambitions.

Buckle up, New Yorkers. The city announced Waymo will start testing self-driving cars in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.