State police say the tour bus struck slowing traffic in a work zone, triggering an eight-vehicle chain-reaction wreck on Friday.

State police say a Toyota was traveling south in northbound lanes before striking three vehicles in Ulster County.

Authorities said the Doncev family was traveling to a wedding in South Carolina when the bus struck multiple vehicles and overturned.

Police say the driver fled a stop on Interstate 90, entered Route 146 the wrong way, and died in a head-on collision.

Warnings have ended, but forecasters say brief tornadoes, damaging winds and heavy rain were possible across the region.