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More than six months aft a deadly circuit autobus crash successful occidental New York killed 5 people, prosecutors filed charges against the autobus driver.
Bin Shao of Flushing, New York, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, according to tribunal documents. Shao is accused of driving the autobus — which was traveling toward New York City from the Niagara Falls — astatine precocious velocity erstwhile the conveyance mislaid power connected the New York Thruway successful Genesee County.
The 56-year-old operator from Queens was arrested connected Thursday, according to New York State Police. He appeared earlier a justice the pursuing time and pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.
"There's nary grounds of operator intoxicant impairment," said Genesee County District Attorney Kevin Finnell said Friday astatine a quality conference. "The charges stem from the decisions made and the actions taken by Mr. Shao arsenic the relation of the autobus connected the New York State Thruway successful Pembroke."
First responders enactment to rescue victims astatine the country of a circuit autobus that crashed and rolled implicit connected the New York State Thruway adjacent Pembroke, New York, connected Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.
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When asked by a newsman if helium tin sermon immoderate details astir what Shao allegedly did wrong, Finnell said: "I can't."
The M&Y Tour Inc. autobus was carrying 54 people, galore of Indian, Chinese and Filipino descent, according to police.
The victims were identified arsenic Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Xie Hongzhuo, a 22-year-old Columbia University pupil from Beijing; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, and Jian Mingli, 56. Both Xiolan and Mingli were from Jersey City.
Dozens of radical were besides injured successful the crash. Police said astatine the clip the origin of the clang was nether investigation, but a mechanical nonaccomplishment and relation impairment had been ruled out.
Bail for Shao was acceptable astatine $100,000 cash, $200,000 insured enslaved and $400,000.00 for a partially secured surety bond.
His adjacent tribunal quality is scheduled for March 9, according to online tribunal records.
Nicole Brown Chau contributed to this report.
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