India, Aug. 24 -- A 65-year-old Indian man from Bihar was among five people who lost their lives in a tour bus crash in western New York that was carrying 54 passengers on Friday.

In addition to the Indian tourist, the bus was carrying passengers from China and the Philippines.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the New York State Police identified the victims as Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhubani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Xie Hongzhuo, 22, a Columbia University student from Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, of Jersey City, New Jersey; and Jian Mingli, 56, also of Jersey City.

Police said the cause of the crash remains under investigation, but the driver, Bin Shao, 55, of Flushing, New York, showed n...