( CNN ) -- A bus accident along the New Jersey Turnpike near East Brunswick killed two people and injured 42 others Monday night , state police said . The 50-year-old bus driver was killed when he was ejected through the front window , according to Sgt . Stephen Jones . A second person died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Brunswick . Five others are in the hospital 's trauma unit . The `` driver for some reason lost control ... struck a guide rail and a concrete abutment , '' Jones said . The bus `` appears to have entered grass on center median & hit overpass support , then hit embankment on right of road , '' according to the official Twitter account of the state police . The accident involving a Super Luxury Tours bus took place near Exit 9 on the turnpike , according to Jones . The bus was traveling from New York 's Chinatown to Philadelphia . Super Luxury Tours , Inc. is located in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , according to police . CNN 's Jason Kessler contributed to this story .
Five people are taken to the hospital . Five people are in a local hospital 's trauma unit . The bus was shot through the front window . The bus was traveling from New York 's Queens to Philadelphia .