After spending the morning taking in the breathtaking sights at Niagara Falls, a group of tourists boarded a bus to return to New York City, not knowing about an hour later, their bus would be lying on its side in the ditch off the New York State Thruway.

New York State Police have released the names of the five people killed in Friday's bus crash on the New York State Thruway as well as the name of the bus operator.