Three New Jersey residents were among the five people killed Friday afternoon when a tour bus carrying more than 50 passengers overturned on Interstate 90 in Genesee County, New York, state police there confirmed. The fatal crash occurred at approximately 12:22 p.m. on Friday in the town of Pembroke, roughly 30 miles east of Buffalo, police said.

State police said most of the passengers on the bus were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino ethnicity, and authorities brought in translators to help with the emergency response.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash, but said the driver of the bus appeared to become distracted.