India, Aug. 24 -- New York State Police have identified the five victims who died in a tour bus crash in western New York as 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.

The bus was traveling from Staten Island to Niagara Falls on Friday afternoon, August 22, with over 50 people on board when the incident took place.

Not a lot of details have been revealed about the victims, but we do know that Hongzhuo was a Columbia University student from Beijing. The university has released a statement mourning the student's death.

"This heartbreaking loss is felt deeply across our com...