New York State Police Troop T Major Andre Ray confirmed the deaths during a press conference near the crash site Friday evening. According to a news release from state police, 52 people, including the driver, were on board the bus at the time of the incident. Here's what we know so far.

Fifteen people involved in the Aug. 22 bus crash on the State Thruway remain hospitalized in Rochester and Buffalo-area hospitals.

The bus, which was carrying 54 people to New York City from Niagara Falls, veered off the New York State Thruway near Buffalo.