At least one person was killed and nearly 20 were injured after a double-decker bus overturned on New Jersey's Turnpike, authorities said.
The incident occurred before 7:00 pm (local time), according to reports from the NBC News affiliate in New York, the bus was heading from New York to Philadelphia when it collided with a Ford F-150 truck.
The cause is still unknown.
Scene of the double-decker bus accident on the Turnpike. NBC News affiliate in New York
So far it is reported that one person has died, and of the injured, five remain in serious condition, including the driver.
As seen in the images published on social networks, the bus was left on one side and some people had to go out through the windows, others were rescued by firefighters who had to break parts of the vehicle.