New Jersey bus crash injures 23 from Canada

A tour bus overturned on a New Jersey exit ramp Saturday injuring 23 of the 57 people aboard, police said. The bus was en route from Toronto to New York City when it crashed about 7:30 a.m. on the Interstate 80 exit in Wayne, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported. The bus slid down an embankment and wound up on its side. "We were driving along and the next thing I know, we're in a ditch," said Norma Cumberbatch, 66, who a passenger along with her sister Marjorie Cumberbatch. "It was terrifying." The newspaper said eight of those who were injure were hospitalized in critical condition but state police said they were expected to survive The driver, identified as Neville Larmond, 51, of Toronto, told police another vehicle cut him off. State police could not immediately confirm his account, The Star-Ledger said. No charges had been filed, acting state police Sgt. Adam Grossman said. The newspaper said most of the passengers were from Toronto's Caribbean community.