5 victims of deadly upstate NY bus crash identified — including Columbia student, several NJ residents

The five victims killed in a tour bus crash in western New York included a Columbia University student from China, three New Jersey residents and a person from India, authorities said Saturday.

Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City; Jian Mingli, 56, also of Jersey City; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; and Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India, were killed in the Friday incident, state police said.

The crash happened near Exit 48A east on I-90 around 12:40 p.m…

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