Bus driver charged after Virginia crash kills 5, including family headed to wedding
Virginia State Police charged Jing S. Dong with involuntary manslaughter after the crash killed 5 people and injured 44 others, officials said.
- On Saturday, Virginia State Police charged bus driver Jing Dong, 48, with two counts of involuntary manslaughter following Friday's fatal crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County that killed five people and injured 44 others.
- The bus, operated by E&P Travel, 'failed to slow for traffic' as it approached a work zone around 2:35 a.m. Friday, striking a Chevrolet Suburban that subsequently hit an Acura SUV, investigators said.
- Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev, along with their two children Emily and Mark from Greenfield, Massachusetts, and 25-year-old Priscilla Mafalda of Worcester, Massachusetts, died in the collision while traveling to a South Carolina wedding.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating driver activities, conducting a 72-hour look back for 'sleep issues, distraction issues, potential drug and alcohol issues,' while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted concerns about the driver's language proficiency.
- NTSB member Tom Chapman said it is 'too early yet to know exactly what was happening on board the vehicle,' with a preliminary report expected within 30 days as the investigation continues.
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Bus driver charged after crash kills 5 in Virginia, including family of 4 traveling to wedding
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Bus driver in crash that killed 5 people, injured 44 on Virginia interstate charged with manslaughter
By Devon M. Sayers, Rebekah Riess, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A bus driver who is accused of failing to slow down for traffic and crashing into six cars, which left five people dead and dozens of others injured near Quantico, Virginia, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to The Associated Press which cited the Virginia State Police. Traffic was slowing in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, due to a work zon…
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