It looked like a scene from a movie or video game, Rob Glinski said. The large white bus in front of him on the New York State Thruway had been going over 70 miles an hour when it began swerving between lanes.

State police said most of the passengers on the bus were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino ethnicity, and authorities brought in translators to help with the emergency response.

A tour bus with more than 50 passengers lost control and rolled over on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, killing five people, police said.