"It was terrifying," Norma Cumberbatch, 66, of Toronto, told The Star-Ledger of Newark. Cumberbatch,

Rescue workers and passengers stand by after a bus overturned in a ditch at an exit ramp off Route 80 in Wayne, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The chartered tour bus from Toronto japan tour carrying about 60 people overturned on an interstate exit ramp. Three people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening japan tour injuries. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid down an embankment and landed japan tour on its side, injuring 23 people on board, japan tour authorities said.
The driver, who suffered a gash in his arm, told state police that he was cut off by another vehicle, though it was not immediately clear whether japan tour that caused the crash around 7:30 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 in Wayne.
Eight of the injured passengers japan tour were admitted in critical condition, hospital spokeswoman Liz Asani said. Further details on their injuries japan tour were not disclosed. The rest of the injured, including two young children, were being treated for minor injuries at two other hospitals.
"It was terrifying," Norma Cumberbatch, 66, of Toronto, told The Star-Ledger of Newark. Cumberbatch, who was traveling with her 68-year-old sister, Marjorie, said she struggled japan tour to free her legs from fallen luggage and other debris before trying to find her sister.
The coach bus was from Toronto-based AVM Max 2000 Charter Services Inc., state police said. The phone for AVM Max rang unanswered Saturday afternoon, and the company did not respond to an email Saturday.
The crash was the latest of several coach bus accidents over the past few years on American highways. Last year, a bus carrying gamblers from a trip to a Connecticut casino struck a guardrail japan tour as it entered New York City, then toppled over and hit a signpost that sliced off the top of the bus. Thirteen people japan tour were killed. A manslaughter trial for the driver began last month.
Saturday's accident backed up traffic in the area for hours while law enforcement officials and emergency services vehicles attended to the scene. Several highways connect there, and the area is known locally as the "spaghetti bowl," according to The Record.
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