Charter bus driver who allegedly caused crash killing 5 in Virginia charged with involuntary manslaughter

A charter autobus operator has been charged aft helium allegedly caused a fatal clang successful Virginia that near 5 radical dead.

Jing S. Dong, a Staten Island, New York-based operator and non-English-speaking naturalized national from China who obtained his commercialized licence successful 2024, has been charged with 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter and has further charges pending, the Virginia State Police said connected Saturday.

Dong allegedly slammed into an SUV successful beforehand of his E&P Travel autobus successful the southbound lane of Interstate 95, causing that operator to clang into different conveyance astir 2:35 a.m. Friday successful Stafford County.

A teenage miss and young boy, who were successful the car up of the 1 the autobus hit, died on with their parents aft their conveyance caught fire.

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The Massachusetts household killed successful the clang has been identified arsenic Dmitri Doncev, 45, his wife, Ecterina, 44, their 13-year-old daughter, Emily, and 7-year-old son, Mark, each of Greenfield. (GoFundMe)

A pistillate who was successful the SUV instantly successful beforehand of the bus, was besides killed.

The household has been identified arsenic Dmitri Doncev, 45, his woman Ecterina, 44, their 13-year-old daughter, Emily and 7-year-old son, Mark, each of Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Five radical died successful the multi-car clang aft the autobus failed to stop, constabulary said. (Virginia State Police)

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The pistillate was identified arsenic Priscilla R. Mafalda, 25, of Worcester, Massachusetts.

"The preliminary probe indicates that postulation was slowing southbound for an upcoming enactment zone. A bus, operated by E&P Travel and heading from New York City to Charlotte, N.C., failed to dilatory for postulation and struck a Chevrolet Suburban," constabulary said successful a quality release. "The Suburban was past forced into an Acura SUV arsenic good arsenic further vehicles. The autobus struck further vehicles arsenic well."

Dozens of radical were taken to hospitals aft the crash. (Virginia State Police)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy connected Friday revealed that Dong is simply a naturalized U.S. national from China and does not talk English, which is against national regulations for autobus drivers who indispensable beryllium capable to talk and recognize good capable to bash their occupation safely.

State constabulary astatine the country of the crash (Virginia State Police)

"Unacceptable. This is precisely wherefore we are holding states’ accountable, enforcing the rules of the road, and cracking down connected drivers who can’t talk English," Duffy wrote connected X. "If you can’t beryllium decently trained, work our roadworthy signs, oregon pass with instrumentality enforcement, you person nary concern driving a bus."

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Duffy added that the Transportation Department is investigating, "New York licensing records, grooming documentation, and the driver's history. Any company, trainer, oregon schoolhouse that contributed to putting an unqualified operator connected the roadworthy volition look aggravated scrutiny."